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Hillary Clinton: “I write in the book about how for so much of my time in public life I felt like I was on this high wire with no net. I…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2017
I write in the book about how for so much of my time in public life I felt like I was on this high wire with no net. I was trying to balance so many different competing concerns.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the challenges she faced during her public life and campaign.

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