Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will talk about her loss in the 2016 presidential election and the political climate in the U.S. a year later as she receives the 2017 Democratic Woman of the Year Award.
Hillary Clinton will accept the 2017 Democratic Woman of the Year Award around 4:30 p.m. ET. Watch live in the player above.
The award, given by the Woman’s National Democratic Club, is “in recognition of her extraordinary contributions to American politics and international affairs, as well as the inspiration she has provided to women and girls around the world.”
The award comes weeks after Clinton released her latest book, “What Happened,” which detailed her 2016 campaign and her loss to President Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton, the former Democratic presidential nominee, during a stop on her book tour in Chicago this week. Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton received a Democratic Woman of the Year Award — who else would it be? — at the Women’s National Democratic Club on Thursday, and the first tears were shed about three minutes after she took the stage.
In a room full of purple suffragist sashes and elected officials, Nuchhi Currier, the president of the organization, choked up when she said the outcome of the election — 358 days ago — was “very different from what had been anticipated.”
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Mrs. Clinton’s appearance signaled the continuation of the Democratic mourning process that has persisted since the election, even as drama continues to mark her campaign. On Thursday, Politico published a first-person article by Donna Brazile, the former chair of the Democratic National Committee, who wrote that the Clinton campaign in 2016 controlled the committee and rigged the nomination process. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, made the same accusation on CNN on Thursday.
Ms. Brazile also wrote that the Clinton campaign had used a joint fund-raising agreement that would grant it control over strategy in exchange for raising funds. Ms. Brazile characterized the agreement as a “cancer” for the Democratic Party.
Through a spokeswoman, officials for the party disagreed.
“Joint fund-raising committees were created between the DNC and both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in attempt to raise the general election funds needed to win in 2016,” Xochitl Hinojosa, the communications director for the committee, wrote in an email on Thursday. “Clinton was the only candidate who raised money for the party through her joint fund-raising committee with the DNC, which would benefit any candidate coming out of the presidential primary process.”
ICYMI, here it is. Judy Woodruff is always very confrontational with Hillary, but Hillary goes in knowing that and stands her ground. After a rough start where Woodruff tried to blame Hillary, Bill, and Loretta Lynch for Comey being in charge of the email investigation (he was the FBI Director – who else would have been in charge?), Hillary hit back and unblocked the potential log jam. It’s one of those interviews where you start out going GAAAH!
First stop: Broward County Community College in Davie, FL. Hillary spoke on a broad range of issues from college debt to universal pre-K to gun laws and Syria.
Insider watching from an undisclosed, secluded location.
Also in LV, painters endorsed Hillary.
An ice cream stop and a rally
The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and grassroots event in San Antonio
A town hall in Keene NH and an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s The Lead
A”Meet and Greet” in Nashua
The Alabama Democratic Conference in Hoover
The long-anticipated and very long day on Capitol Hill with the Select Committee on Benghazi. Eleven hours and she was still smiling and unbowed on exit.
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