



Now we were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces. Two days before, the world heard him brag about groping women. It was the second presidential debate, and Donald Trump was looming behind me. He also engaged a lot of young people in the political process for the first time, which is extremely important.I am proud to be a Democrat and I wish Bernie were, too." On debating Donald Trump: He was right that Democrats needed to strengthen our focus on working families and that there's always a danger of spending too much time courting donors because of our insane campaign finance system. He didn't get into the race to make sure a Democrat won the White House, he got in to disrupt the Democratic Party. But he isn't a Democrat-that's not a smear, that's what he says. "He certainly shared my horror at the thought of Donald Trump becoming President, and I appreciated that he campaigned for me in the general election. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play On Bernie Sanders: If the Russians could hack my subconscious, they’d find a long list." In this book, I write about moments from the campaign that I wish I could go back and do over. I couldn’t get the job done and I’ll have to live with that for the rest of my life. "Every day that I was a candidate for president, I knew that millions of people were counting on me and I couldn’t bear the idea of letting them down, but I did.

But now, with her new memoir What Happened, which debuts on Tuesday, the former Secretary of State is laying out her thoughts about the campaign experience, from what it was like to run against Bernie Sanders to the mistakes she felt led to Trump's victory.īelow, the most revelatory quotes from What Happened, many of which were first reported by CNN, which was able to obtain a copy early. In the months immediately following her defeat in the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton stayed out of the political spotlight, opting instead to spend time with family.
