Clinton Recounts Her Stealth Ventures Out Of The White House As First Lady

A secret service agent tries to keep up with President-elect Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary as they ride on the beach at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on Jan. 1, 1993. The Clintons are on the island for vacat... A secret service agent tries to keep up with President-elect Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary as they ride on the beach at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on Jan. 1, 1993. The Clintons are on the island for vacation and renaissance weekend. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) MORE LESS
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At Wednesday’s CNN town hall in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton recounted stealthily venturing out of the White House in a plain-clothes disguise while first lady.

Asked by Anderson Cooper what she would do if she could be anynmous for a day, she explained she already had some experience from when she was first lady.

“I would put on a baseball cap and sunglasses and, you know, sweat pants and a sweat shirt and pull my hair back and I would go walk,” she said. “I would tell the Secret Service they had to wear casual clothes, they had to take the thing out of their ears, they had to look like they were just tourists.”

She said she had the “best time” on these trips.

“I would end up on the [National] Mall sometimes and a family would come up and say, ‘Would you mind taking our picture in front of the White House?'” she said, adding that she would say that she was “happy to.”

She said there is nothing she would like better “than to be anonymous,” and used the opportunity to praise the state that is hosting a Democratic primary next week.

“I would spend the day out in nature, taking a long walk, walking through one of the beautiful towns here in New Hampshire, stopping in a cafe, stopping in a book store, you know, maybe calling some of my friends, some of whom are here tonight and say don’t tell anybody but meet me there,” she said. “That’s what I want to do. And it’s what I get the great joy out of.”

Photo: A secret service agent tries to keep up with President-elect Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary as they ride on the beach at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on Jan. 1, 1993. The Clintons are on the island for vacation and renaissance weekend. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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