WHITE HOUSE BRIEF: THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON
1. Clinton entered the race as the prohibitive front-runner. But after months of dominating polls, she is in a tough race against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
2. Though many Democratic strategists still predict she will capture the nomination, they now expect the race to continue into the spring. That's brought on fears that a contentious primary could leave Clinton in a weaker position for the general election if she in fact becomes the nominee.
3. Her vote for the Iraq invasion became a point of contention in 2008. She later described her support as a "mistake."
4. In a primary dominated by economic issues, Clinton has spent time trying to distinguish herself from Sanders with her foreign policy record.
5. To highlight her experience, she frequently tells voters about being in the Situation Room with Obama when Osama bin Laden was killed.
6. While Clinton has displayed a comfortable command of the debate stage, one of her best moments came courtesy of rival Sanders. In the first match-up, Sanders dismissed questions about her private server. "The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails!" he said.
7. That exchange has largely neutralized the email issue in the Democratic contest. But it's bound to be a different story in the fall if she's the Democrat running in the general election.
8. As secretary of state, Clinton presided over a key piece of the government's reaction to the deadly 2012 assaults on a diplomatic compound and CIA quarters in Benghazi, Libya. The attacks, which killed Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three other Americans, quickly became a political rallying cry for Republicans.
9. Clinton has been dogged by questions over her use of a private server located in her home as secretary of state.
10. "I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal emails instead of two," she said.
11. It later came out that Clinton used both an iPad and a BlackBerry during her time at the agency - a charge that's kept alive Republican efforts to paint her as untrustworthy
News from The Associated Press
Really? This is the best the writers could come up with in getting the reader to familiarize themselves with Hillary? They are pros at making stinking sock smell like a rose!
But they bring out that she was intending to have an easy nomination, but Bernie is getting the attention so her campaign is not going as planned.
She might be in a weakened position in the general, if in fact she is the nominee.
They bring up her vote in Iraq.
The voters are concerned about the economy, but she talks about foreign affairs.
The highlight of her experience was that she sat in the Situation room when Bin Laden was killed. (So were a lot of people but that doesn’t make the POTUS material)
The “best moment” in her debates was when Bernie said he didn’t want to talk about her emails. That was the bright spot of her performance?!
That neutralized the email story, but it will be a different story if she makes it to the general election.
As secretary of state, Clinton presided over a key piece of the government's reaction to the deadly 2012 assaults on a diplomatic compound and CIA quarters in Benghazi, Libya, attacks that killed the ambassador and three other Americans.
Clinton was dogged after it was found out she kept a private server in her home.
Clinton claimed it was easier to carry one electronic device, but later it was found out she normally had two, so people see her as untrustworthy!
Was all of that necessary to “boost” her image with voters? And this came from a “friendly” source?
One would think it came from the Sanders campaign, but it was actually the WHITE HOUSE.
OUCH!
1. Clinton entered the race as the prohibitive front-runner. But after months of dominating polls, she is in a tough race against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
2. Though many Democratic strategists still predict she will capture the nomination, they now expect the race to continue into the spring. That's brought on fears that a contentious primary could leave Clinton in a weaker position for the general election if she in fact becomes the nominee.
3. Her vote for the Iraq invasion became a point of contention in 2008. She later described her support as a "mistake."
4. In a primary dominated by economic issues, Clinton has spent time trying to distinguish herself from Sanders with her foreign policy record.
5. To highlight her experience, she frequently tells voters about being in the Situation Room with Obama when Osama bin Laden was killed.
6. While Clinton has displayed a comfortable command of the debate stage, one of her best moments came courtesy of rival Sanders. In the first match-up, Sanders dismissed questions about her private server. "The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails!" he said.
7. That exchange has largely neutralized the email issue in the Democratic contest. But it's bound to be a different story in the fall if she's the Democrat running in the general election.
8. As secretary of state, Clinton presided over a key piece of the government's reaction to the deadly 2012 assaults on a diplomatic compound and CIA quarters in Benghazi, Libya. The attacks, which killed Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three other Americans, quickly became a political rallying cry for Republicans.
9. Clinton has been dogged by questions over her use of a private server located in her home as secretary of state.
10. "I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal emails instead of two," she said.
11. It later came out that Clinton used both an iPad and a BlackBerry during her time at the agency - a charge that's kept alive Republican efforts to paint her as untrustworthy
News from The Associated Press
Really? This is the best the writers could come up with in getting the reader to familiarize themselves with Hillary? They are pros at making stinking sock smell like a rose!
But they bring out that she was intending to have an easy nomination, but Bernie is getting the attention so her campaign is not going as planned.
She might be in a weakened position in the general, if in fact she is the nominee.
They bring up her vote in Iraq.
The voters are concerned about the economy, but she talks about foreign affairs.
The highlight of her experience was that she sat in the Situation room when Bin Laden was killed. (So were a lot of people but that doesn’t make the POTUS material)
The “best moment” in her debates was when Bernie said he didn’t want to talk about her emails. That was the bright spot of her performance?!
That neutralized the email story, but it will be a different story if she makes it to the general election.
As secretary of state, Clinton presided over a key piece of the government's reaction to the deadly 2012 assaults on a diplomatic compound and CIA quarters in Benghazi, Libya, attacks that killed the ambassador and three other Americans.
Clinton was dogged after it was found out she kept a private server in her home.
Clinton claimed it was easier to carry one electronic device, but later it was found out she normally had two, so people see her as untrustworthy!
Was all of that necessary to “boost” her image with voters? And this came from a “friendly” source?
One would think it came from the Sanders campaign, but it was actually the WHITE HOUSE.
OUCH!
