Clinton: ‘I’m Not A Natural Politician’

Democratic presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, stand together before the start of the Univision, Washington Post Democratic presidential debate at Miami-Dade College, Wednesday, ... Democratic presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, stand together before the start of the Univision, Washington Post Democratic presidential debate at Miami-Dade College, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) MORE LESS
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Hillary Clinton said Wednesday night that one of the reasons she has struggled at times in her campaign is not that she doesn’t care, but that she is “not a natural politician.”

“I am not a natural politician, in case you haven’t noticed, like my husband or President Obama,” Clinton said at Univision’s Democratic presidential debate. “So I have a view that I just have to do the best I can, get the results I can, make a difference in people’s lives and hope that people see that I’m fighting for them and that I can improve conditions economically and other ways that will benefit them and their families.”

Clinton’s response came after the Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty asked why so many Americans don’t trust her. A recent Washington Post poll found that only 37 percent of Americans found Clinton “honest and trustworthy.”

“It’s painful for me to hear that. And I do take responsibility. When you’re in public life, even if you believe that it’s not an opinion that you think is fair or founded, you do have to take responsibility and I do,” Clinton said. “And I also have, you know, very much committed to the best of my ability my energies and efforts to helping people. That’s something that I care deeply about, and I will continue to do that.”

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  1. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    A recent Washington Post poll found that only 37 percent of Americans found Clinton “honest and trustworthy.”

    That’s still 37% more than Ted Cruz.

  2. It’s nice she took responsibility, but the vast majority of the responsibility for what Americans believe about Hillary Clinton is the result of the news media not doing their job by either perpetuating false narratives or not giving the viewers the truth, which often requires nuance and explanation.

  3. What’s interesting to me is that is what I have always said about Hillary. She isn’t the natural politician; she married the natural politician. But that does not mean that she can’t be a great President. I think she can, and will, be if given the opportunity. She’s had the toughest gauntlet of any elected official in my lifetime, and been attacked the most from her very first entry onto the national stage.

    I will support the Democratic nominee whichever one wins, but I’m rooting for her. I think she has earned this fight, and I think she has it in her to win, for all the right reasons.

  4. She should have responded in a robot voice: “Message: I care.”

  5. Yeah but those same media would excoriate her for articulating the obvious truth. Part of the liberal’s dilemma is knowing when to, and that you have to, bite your tongue and just let some misinformation be.

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