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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 08:52 AM Sep 2017

Clinton: 'I was not as adept or as quick' at ways to reach voters [View all]

Source: The Hill



BY ALEX AARON - 09/19/17 07:59 AM EDT




Hillary Clinton on Monday night expressed regret she had not found better ways to communicate with voters during the 2016 campaign, as she kicked off her book tour before a packed house at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C.

The 2016 Democratic nominee sat down with friend and former speechwriter Lissa Muscatine to discuss her new memoir "What Happened," a personal account of her loss to President Trump.

Clinton said her campaign team often focused on perfecting policy points and missing the bigger picture. And Clinton said she failed to make the necessary changes to reach voters. “I was not as adept or as quick to try and figure what is a better way for me to communicate,” she said.

“You think you’re running one kind of campaign and you realize that the press is not covering the policy you’re putting out every day," Clinton continued. "They’re covering an empty podium.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/351295-clinton-i-was-not-as-adept-or-as-quick-at-ways-to-reach-voters

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Is this really Latest Breaking News?? Demit Sep 2017 #1
the hill (trumps campaign fav media to tweet) always creates BNheadlines for Ds to view here & Sunlei Sep 2017 #8
The Hill's headlines aren't necessarily news. This seems more like a General Discussion item to me. Demit Sep 2017 #10
Since she is specifically taking responsibility for her loss- for many that is news! bettyellen Sep 2017 #53
I appreciate Hillary's honesty. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2017 #2
That's true but nevertheless, FakeNoose Sep 2017 #18
LBN when....last November? n/t Bengus81 Sep 2017 #3
didn't communicate with us she had pneumonia. Sunlei Sep 2017 #4
If she had taken off 9/11, she would have been vilified and called a weak old woman. ehrnst Sep 2017 #11
Rs mocked her anyway as she almost fainted from sickness that day. The "communication" Sunlei Sep 2017 #16
Some of us chose to think they were both the same, DAMN them ALL to HELL Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #52
Anyone who chose trump over Hillary was a dumbfuck. Paladin Sep 2017 #5
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2017 #7
Amen! leftofcool Sep 2017 #26
Post removed Post removed Sep 2017 #6
She finally admits that she played the hare to Trump's tortoise rocktivity Sep 2017 #9
I think her options were limited given the damage done by the FBI and the fake email scandal. StevieM Sep 2017 #13
Yeah, I heard that critique all the time about Al Gore. ehrnst Sep 2017 #17
Actually we did RhodeIslandOne Sep 2017 #23
Can you point to sources? ehrnst Sep 2017 #35
..... RhodeIslandOne Sep 2017 #40
Bill Clinton lamenting that Gore didn't call is supposed to be a critique of Gore's campaign? ehrnst Sep 2017 #43
I'm not your librarian RhodeIslandOne Sep 2017 #45
"Go look for it yourself!" ehrnst Sep 2017 #46
You just don't want to see it or remember it RhodeIslandOne Sep 2017 #49
I believe that would be called "projection." (nt) ehrnst Sep 2017 #50
Glad to see Hillary is @least taking partial responsibility for her loss & realizing her mistakes... InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2017 #21
Projection won't undo Rump and the Repubs. Speaking of taking responsibility. Hortensis Sep 2017 #29
She's been taking responsibility from the first she's been talking in public.(nt) ehrnst Sep 2017 #36
The Russians would have found the votes they needed where ever they had to RhodeIslandOne Sep 2017 #22
As we learn more about Cambridge Analytica ehrnst Sep 2017 #39
The ability for honest self-appraisal is valuable in a politician. ehrnst Sep 2017 #12
"Theyre covering an empty podium" well said. Justice Sep 2017 #14
She is being way too hard on herself. StevieM Sep 2017 #15
She is way to hard on herself. That is the mark of a Great Leader-they take responsibility. Sunlei Sep 2017 #19
Being "way too hard on herself" describes most women, sadly. nt SunSeeker Sep 2017 #20
Yup... Baconator Sep 2017 #24
Coupla Thoughts: Shutting down millions of free advert $ for Our Party cancelling the Ca debate stuffmatters Sep 2017 #25
She made the right choice with Tim Kaine leftofcool Sep 2017 #27
Agree to wildly disagree stuffmatters Sep 2017 #28
And mss out on that Tim Kaine mojo? Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #30
Kaine couldn't even win a debate with incompetent, theocratic governor Pence stuffmatters Sep 2017 #48
The purpose of debates is not advert $$$ ehrnst Sep 2017 #37
A Primary debate is worth millions of free advertising for exposure of our Party ideals stuffmatters Sep 2017 #47
what this really says DonCoquixote Sep 2017 #31
As a Bernie supporter please realize the amount of restraint it takes to quiet here. dembotoz Sep 2017 #32
I hear ya JusticeForAll Sep 2017 #38
Yep dembotoz Sep 2017 #42
The GOP owns the media. Initech Sep 2017 #33
In So Cal at least she ran a bang-up e-mail operation. ucrdem Sep 2017 #34
I will be happy when everybody stops talking about Hillary, Bernie, and the election. Oneironaut Sep 2017 #41
If we don't learn from 2016, we'll have no chance in 2018. (nt) ehrnst Sep 2017 #44
She should have realized promising the moon without a way to deliver it was key in 2016. LonePirate Sep 2017 #51
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