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With Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election memoir due to be released in the next couple of days, the two-time failed presidential candidate appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning for a sit-down interview with host Jane Pauley. And as would be expected from someone working for the company publishing Clinton’s book, there was almost no pressing from Pauley on what Clinton did wrong. But there was plenty of connecting with Clinton on the pain of the embarrassing defeat.
The first question from Pauley sounded like a friend looking to console another: “So, I’m wondering. How are you?” And as if she was approaching a triggering topic, the CBS host asked Clinton for permission to talk about Election Day, 2016. “Can we talk about election day,” she asked gently. “Did you have any clue what the outcome of that day would be.”
“As the polls closed, Clinton supporters gathered in a New York City convention center, expecting to see history being made. But as the returns came in the celebratory mood began to fade,” Pauley recalled of Clinton’s tragic day.
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