‘Trump was a reality-TV candidate,’ Hillary Clinton tells audience in Montreal
Hillary Rodham Clinton told audience at Montreal’s Palais des Congrès on Monday night that she accepts blame for what she didn’t do right in her failed bid for the United States presidency in 2016.
Hillary Rodham Clinton told a crowd of 3,500 at Montreal’s Palais des Congrès on Monday night that she accepts blame for what she didn’t do right in her failed bid for the United States presidency in 2016.
But there was also what she called “a perfect storm” of circumstances, including deep currents of anger flowing through the culture, information warfare waged by the Kremlin, a political press that said her use of a private email server during her term as secretary of state was the most important story of the election and the intervention only days before the Nov. 8 election by then-director James Comey of the FBI investigation into her use of the server.
Montreal is one of three Canadian stops on Clinton’s 15-city tour to promote her new book, What Happened (Simon & Schuster). The book describes her thoughts and feelings during the campaign — from what it was like to run against Donald Trump, how she has coped with losing to him and how she picked herself up afterward.
In her introduction, author and friend Louise Penny described Clinton as “hilarious, playful, always thoughtful and considerate” and called What Happened a “searing book of great honesty by one of the towering figures of a generation.”
Clinton is a fan of Penny’s books, and Penny was host to the Clintons during a vacation they took in the Eastern Townships in August.
Clinton stopped at Palais des Congès to promote her new book Monday night
By Marilla Steuter-Martin, CBC News Posted: Oct 23, 2017 9:36 PM ETLast Updated: Oct 23, 2017 9:42 PM ET
Hillary Clinton promotes her new book “What Happened” Monday, October 23, 2017 in Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Around 2,000 people gathered at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal Monday night to hear former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speak during a stop on her new book tour.
Clinton’s book, What Happened, was released last month and has been praised for its candour and willingness to admit mistakes as well as being openly critical of the Trump administration.
Hillary Clinton’s book, What Happened, was released last month. (Google Books)
The former first lady was introduced by a close friend of the Clinton family, Quebec author Louise Penny.
Clinton and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, were in Quebec’s Eastern Townships in August vacationing and visiting with Penny.
She was welcomed onstage and warmly applauded by the crowd.
Clinton wore a surgical boot on her right foot, which she fractured falling down some stairs last week.
Still, she spoke gamely, talking about her book and taking questions from moderator Caroline Codsi, president and founder of Women in Governance.d more
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