![]() Kirkus, the book review magazine, called Hard Choices a “standard-issue political memoir, with its nods to ‘adorable students’, ‘important partners’, the ‘rich history and culture’ of every nation on the planet, and the difficulty of eating and exercising sensibly while logging thousands of hours in flight and in conference rooms.” And I’ll have to live with that for the rest of my life.”Ĭlinton’s last book, Hard Choices (2014), was a recap of her years of service in the state department. 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. Instead, “I want to pull back the curtain on an experience that was exhilarating, joyful, humbling, infuriating and just plain baffling. MSNBC broadcasts excerpts from Hillary Clinton’s new book. In another passage from What Happened, which will be published on 12 September, Clinton explains that the book is not intended to be a comprehensive account of the 2016 race. Instead, she describes how, “aided by a lifetime of dealing with difficult men trying to throw me off”, she chose to stay calm, “biting my tongue, digging my fingernails into a clenched fist, smiling all the while determined to present a composed face to the world”. ![]() My skin crawled.”Ĭlinton continues: “It was one of those moments where you wish you could hit pause and ask everyone watching: ‘Well, what would you do?’ Do you stay calm, keep smiling and carry on as if he weren’t repeatedly invading your space? Or do you turn, look him in the eye, and say loudly and clearly: ‘Back up, you creep, get away from me! I know you love to intimidate women, but you can’t intimidate me, so back up.’” 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. “This is not OK, I thought,” Clinton writes.
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