With the upcoming release of a new documentary series about her life and career,Hillary Clintonis speaking candidly about her successes, her failures and everything in between.
In a recent interviewwithNew Yorkmagazine’s Vulture, the former presidential candidate and secretary of state looked back at her 2016 face-off withDonald Trump, which he narrowly won at the ballot box.
Clinton’s press tour,which includes a lengthy interview withVariety, comes about a month away from the release of the four-part Hulu documentaryHillary, which traces her career, including her tenure as first lady with PresidentBill Clintonand her surprising defeat in the 2016 election.
While Clinton told Vulture she “gave a lot of other good speeches,” she felt the media frenzy surrounding her unpredictable Republican rival led to her campaign often getting ignored. (She’s not alone: CNN head Jeff Zuckerhas saidthe network made a “mistake” in airing so many of Trump’s campaign rallies.)
“I’d get up and give this boring speech about how we’re going to get health care for everybody. The press wasn’t interested in that,” Clinton said to Vulture.
“Policy’s not important, personality is important, which is one of the messes we’ve got ourselves in when it comes to our politics — because it really does matter what people stand for, what they say they’re going to do, and whether they can deliver,” Clinton said. “I saw this in real time, and it was very tough to compete with that.”
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In herVarietyinterview, Clinton said “the most important responsibility we all have is to retire Donald Trump.”
She has since walked back her criticism of Sanders and toldVariety“we did that interview about a year and a half ago.”
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She also admitted she does still have campaigning on the brain, in a way.
“I certainly feel the urge because I feel the 2016 election was a really odd time and an odd outcome,” she said. “And the more we learn, the more that seems to be the case. But I’m going to support the people who are running now and do everything I can to help elect the Democratic nominee.”
source: people.com
