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Hillary Clinton: It's really emotional. It will make a very big difference for a father or a mother to be able to look at their daughter…

On the recordJune 5, 2016
It's really emotional. It will make a very big difference for a father or a mother to be able to look at their daughter just like they can look at their son and say, 'You can be anything you want to be in this country.'
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton reflects on the significance of her potential nomination as the first woman candidate.

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