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Hillary Clinton

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Hillary Rodham Clinton is a prominent American politician and member of the Democratic Party, best known for her role as the 67th Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama. Prior to that, she served as the United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. Clinton has been a significant figure in American politics for decades, advocating for issues such as healthcare reform, women's rights, and international diplomacy. Her tenure as Secretary of State included notable events such as the U.S. response to the Arab Spring and the military intervention in Libya.

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Oct 10, 2017

This behavior that he engaged in cannot be tolerated and cannot be overlooked.

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Oct 10, 2017

I was -- I was just sick. I was shocked. I was appalled. It was something that was just intolerable in every way.

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Oct 9, 2017

I was shocked and appalled by the revelations about Harvey Weinstein. The behavior described by women coming forward cannot be tolerated.

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Sep 12, 2017

I'm convinced there were meetings and phone calls. I'm convinced that there were financial entanglements.

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Sep 12, 2017

Director Comey said that my answers were truthful and what I said is consistent.

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Sep 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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Sep 12, 2017

He should be focus on rather than constantly trying to take pot shots at me or at President Obama.

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Sep 12, 2017

He's never been clear about his motivation and what bothered me the most as the time went on after the election is -- and we learned about the open FBI investigation into the Trump campaign and their connections with Russia, that had been…

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Sep 12, 2017

I think it's clear to anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he is, because we've seen this throughout the campaign. We have seen him insult women. We've seen him rate women on their appearance, ranking them from 1 to 10. We've…

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Sep 12, 2017

I thought, why would somebody find what largely I think could be described as boring anodyne e-mails more significant than words coming out of Trump's mouth.

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Sep 12, 2017

If I had been elected president under the same circumstances... I would have had an independent commission.

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Sep 12, 2017

I won women, I won all women, but I lost white women, and I knew that would be tough. But I ended up actually getting more white women's votes than President Obama had in 2012. So this is not just a problem for me. This was a longer-term…

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Sep 12, 2017

I take absolute personal responsibility, I was the candidate.

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Sep 12, 2017

This was a highly sophisticated influence operation. I believe it did affect people's votes.

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Sep 12, 2017

if we begin to see the erosion of the rule of law and the erosion of our voting system and so much else, that's not going to stop by hurting Democrats for heaven sakes. That hurts our entire country.

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Sep 12, 2017

He's not a Democrat, he makes that clear. But we need to do everything possible to win governorships in New Jersey and Virginia this year.

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Sep 12, 2017

I hope nobody ever faces what I faced with respect to that, but whoever runs again probably starting in 2018 will face Russian interference, may face coordination between opposition campaigns and Russians, will face voter expression, will…

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Sep 12, 2017

I'm still deeply committed to doing anything I can to make sure that we don't lose ground to this divisive bigotry and bias and prejudice.

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Sep 12, 2017

I think it needs to be eliminated. I'd like to see us move beyond it, yes.

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Sep 12, 2017

I call it a cry from the white nationalist gut. Instead of taking the moment to saying, you know what, I want to reach out and be the president for everybody.

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Sep 12, 2017

I think there was heavy rationalization going on in that last month.

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Sep 12, 2017

We need leadership at the highest levels of our government. To say that's not acceptable.

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Sep 12, 2017

I think there's not enough expertise and experience yet in the White House right now.

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