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Hillary in Midair
Shes learned from her mistakes. Three years before November 8, 2016, shes working hard to be relaxed, calm, easy. But, all the while, the old Clinton gears are whirring.
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By Joe Hagan Published Sep 22, 2013 ShareThis
Photo: Douglas Friedman/Trunk Archive
For four years, Hillary Rodham Clinton flew around the world as President Barack Obamas secretary of State, while her husband, the former president Bill Clinton, lived a parallel life of speeches and conferences in other hemispheres. They communicated almost entirely by phone. They were seldom on the same continent, let alone in the same house.
But this year, all that has changed: For the first time in decades, neither one is in elected office, or running for one. Both are working in the family business, in the newly renamed nonprofit that once bore only Bills name but is now called the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, which will hold its annual conference in New York next week.
We get to be at home together a lot more now than we used to in the last few years, says Hillary Clinton. We have a great time; we laugh at our dogs; we watch stupid movies; we take long walks; we go for a swim.
You know, she says, just ordinary, everyday pleasures.
In the world of the Clintons, of course, what constitutes ordinary and everyday has never been either. So the question was inevitable: Given who he is, and who she is, does Bill, among their guffaws over the dogs and stupid movies, harangue her daily about running for president?
To this, Hillary Rodham Clinton lets loose one of her loud, head-tilted-back laughs. I dont think even he is, you know, focused on that right now, she says. Right now, were trying to just have the best time we can have doin what were doin. 
Theres a weightlessness about Hillary Clinton these days. Shes in midair, launched from the State Department toward what? For the first time since 1992, unencumbered by the demands of a national political campaign or public office, she is saddled only with expectations about what shes going to do next. And she is clearly enjoying it.
Hillary Clinton’s Two Decades in the Political Spotlight -- New York Magazine
Shes learned from her mistakes. Three years before November 8, 2016, shes working hard to be relaxed, calm, easy. But, all the while, the old Clinton gears are whirring.
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By Joe Hagan Published Sep 22, 2013 ShareThis
Photo: Douglas Friedman/Trunk Archive
For four years, Hillary Rodham Clinton flew around the world as President Barack Obamas secretary of State, while her husband, the former president Bill Clinton, lived a parallel life of speeches and conferences in other hemispheres. They communicated almost entirely by phone. They were seldom on the same continent, let alone in the same house.
But this year, all that has changed: For the first time in decades, neither one is in elected office, or running for one. Both are working in the family business, in the newly renamed nonprofit that once bore only Bills name but is now called the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, which will hold its annual conference in New York next week.
We get to be at home together a lot more now than we used to in the last few years, says Hillary Clinton. We have a great time; we laugh at our dogs; we watch stupid movies; we take long walks; we go for a swim.
You know, she says, just ordinary, everyday pleasures.
In the world of the Clintons, of course, what constitutes ordinary and everyday has never been either. So the question was inevitable: Given who he is, and who she is, does Bill, among their guffaws over the dogs and stupid movies, harangue her daily about running for president?
To this, Hillary Rodham Clinton lets loose one of her loud, head-tilted-back laughs. I dont think even he is, you know, focused on that right now, she says. Right now, were trying to just have the best time we can have doin what were doin. 
Theres a weightlessness about Hillary Clinton these days. Shes in midair, launched from the State Department toward what? For the first time since 1992, unencumbered by the demands of a national political campaign or public office, she is saddled only with expectations about what shes going to do next. And she is clearly enjoying it.
Hillary Clinton’s Two Decades in the Political Spotlight -- New York Magazine
