Hill's Group: Fox News got Hillary Clinton out of her comfort zone and

[BlueMTexpat]

even Democrats should be glad

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/08/fox-news-got-hillary-clinton-out-of-her-comfort-zone-and-even-democrats-should-be-glad/

Despite a snarky tone, the article makes some good points.

... the Democratic presidential front-runner and her supporters should be glad she participated for what I assume is the very reason she was reluctant to do so: Fox pressed Clinton on issues that are important to many conservatives and managed to throw her off-script. That might sound like a bad thing for her, but the results were actually some of her best, most substantive responses of the campaign.
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Clinton didn't want to mention her support for late-term abortion restrictions, but Baier forced her hand with his follow-up. And she ought to be happy that he did. When Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) complained in a February debate that Democrats haven't been pressed on their abortion stances, he also said Clinton "believes that all abortion should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child." That's not accurate, but Clinton can't debunk that kind of false attack if she never talks about the abortion restrictions she favors.

Later in the town hall, Baier raised the issue of Clinton's private email use as secretary of state. When he did, Clinton reverted to one of her favorite arguments: "Nothing I sent was marked classified or that I received was marked classified."
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It wasn't a perfectly smooth answer, but it conveyed a point Clinton should make more often: Yes, many of the emails on her private server are now classified, but they were not at the time she sent or received them.
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Clinton probably didn't win hordes of conservative converts Monday, but she answered tough questions in a way that might at least make some temper their disdain and that might appeal to independents. That's worthwhile. That's why she should do this more often.

I'm not a big fan of having ANY credible politician anywhere near Fox. But it looks as if even some Clinton detractors saw her appearance there as a net positive, albeit a tiny one.

[Iliyah]

1. For now

[livetohike]

2. They have demonized her for years. Maybe some were

surprised she didn't have horns 😊.

[BlueMTexpat]

3. LOL! She looks so poised and competent

and seeing and hearing her speak in whole sentences instead of pre-packaged sound bites that are carefully structured to promote any negatives might actually have been a revelation to some.

She is an attractive person indeed.

[livetohike]

4. Yes she definitely is! n/t

[BlueMTexpat]

6. Other than President Obama himself,

I cannot think of any US politician who could have borne such an ordeal with anything near the poise, grace and competence of Hillary Clinton.

[Thinkingabout]

7. She was quiet presidential during the Benghazi hearings, she has performed really well in the

debates, it is joy to hear her explain foreign policy and her knowledge of other issues. She listens and then makes her decisions on a solution.

[BlueMTexpat]

8. I definitely concur with

that assessment!

[Her Sister]

9. I added the 11 hours Benghazi Hearings' video

to the video threads in HRC Group if anyone feels like watching!

[BlueMTexpat]

10. Thanks for doing that!

[angstlessk]

11. Yeah, but Bernie?

[SharonClark]

12. GOP lies all the time about abortion

Hillary can go on FOX and tell the truth and the GOP will still say what Rubio did, "Clinton believes that all abortion should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child." The truth doesn't matter to them.

[BlueMTexpat]

13. I agree that the truth doesn't matter to the

GOPer candidates. But there are some Southern conservatives who might actually have listened to what Hillary said in unedited fashion for the first time.

I agree that it's a very small takeaway for Hillary - lots of risk with little reward. But the fact that even a snarky article gave her a net positive for her appearance is not a bad thing.