1 00:00:04,021 --> 00:00:05,200 [cheering] 2 00:00:05,221 --> 00:00:09,151 I can only tell you that based on... 3 00:00:10,171 --> 00:00:14,050 what he has done, and what he cares about, 4 00:00:14,130 --> 00:00:16,021 and the kind of man he is... 5 00:00:17,021 --> 00:00:20,150 he should be the next president of the United States. 6 00:00:20,170 --> 00:00:22,220 Bill Clinton. 7 00:00:25,181 --> 00:00:28,080 I'm also the only person running for president 8 00:00:28,100 --> 00:00:30,170 who can have my real campaign slogan. 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,100 When you think of Hillary, think of our real slogan. 10 00:00:33,121 --> 00:00:35,030 "Buy one get one free." 11 00:00:35,051 --> 00:00:36,191 [cheering and applause] 12 00:00:40,210 --> 00:00:42,041 [Susan Bordo] This was just unprecedented. 13 00:00:42,060 --> 00:00:45,091 I mean, no president had ever campaigned... 14 00:00:46,041 --> 00:00:49,100 saying, "If you elect me, you're going to get my wife also." 15 00:00:50,021 --> 00:00:52,091 You know, that was not anything 16 00:00:52,151 --> 00:00:54,091 American people were ready for. 17 00:00:55,130 --> 00:00:56,191 [reporter] Hillary Rodham Clinton 18 00:00:56,210 --> 00:00:58,030 is running for president. 19 00:00:58,051 --> 00:00:59,180 Actually, she's running for her husband 20 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,081 who is running for president. 21 00:01:01,140 --> 00:01:04,070 Team Clinton: "Elect him, you get me." 22 00:01:04,090 --> 00:01:06,130 What does this mean? Who is she? 23 00:01:06,150 --> 00:01:07,210 What will she represent? 24 00:01:07,230 --> 00:01:09,221 -Hi, good morning. -Charlotte Observer. 25 00:01:10,060 --> 00:01:12,120 We need a president who wants to bring us together, 26 00:01:12,141 --> 00:01:15,210 who wants to heal the divisions between races... 27 00:01:15,231 --> 00:01:17,111 [Lissa Muscatine] You couldn't watch the campaign 28 00:01:17,130 --> 00:01:20,081 and not know that she was extremely important to him. 29 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:21,231 The most trusted adviser he had. 30 00:01:22,210 --> 00:01:24,111 [narrator] Hillary Rodham Clinton 31 00:01:24,130 --> 00:01:25,231 polarized public opinion, 32 00:01:25,251 --> 00:01:28,171 and became a lightning rod for criticism. 33 00:01:28,191 --> 00:01:29,210 [chanting indistinctly] 34 00:01:29,231 --> 00:01:31,191 [Lissa Muscatine] When people understand 35 00:01:31,210 --> 00:01:35,030 this story of this slice of history, 36 00:01:35,221 --> 00:01:38,100 she will be given the credit she is due. 37 00:01:41,041 --> 00:01:43,070 [theme music plays] 38 00:02:05,141 --> 00:02:07,081 [cheering] 39 00:02:08,071 --> 00:02:12,071 The American people have voted to make a new beginning. 40 00:02:12,141 --> 00:02:14,240 [cheering] 41 00:02:15,021 --> 00:02:18,240 I want to begin this night by thanking my wife, 42 00:02:19,021 --> 00:02:21,180 without whom, I would not be here tonight. 43 00:02:22,090 --> 00:02:25,220 [cheering] 44 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:30,111 And who I believe will be one of the greatest first ladies 45 00:02:30,131 --> 00:02:32,041 in the history of this republic. 46 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:33,081 [cheering] 47 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,180 [crowd chanting] Hillary! Hillary! Hillary! 48 00:02:43,030 --> 00:02:44,201 [Karen Tumulty] The Clintons, they are the vanguard 49 00:02:44,220 --> 00:02:47,171 of the baby boomers coming into politics. 50 00:02:47,191 --> 00:02:49,160 It felt like a whole new generation 51 00:02:49,180 --> 00:02:50,131 coming into power. 52 00:02:51,060 --> 00:02:54,191 The music was different, everything seemed different. 53 00:02:56,060 --> 00:02:57,191 [reporter] This is the first president 54 00:02:58,030 --> 00:03:00,081 whose wife, the first lady of the United States, 55 00:03:00,101 --> 00:03:04,041 has her own independent professional career. 56 00:03:06,220 --> 00:03:07,210 [narrator] Over the next eight years, 57 00:03:07,231 --> 00:03:09,160 Hillary would rewrite the rules 58 00:03:09,180 --> 00:03:12,041 for an entire generation of women. 59 00:03:13,051 --> 00:03:14,071 [Hillary Clinton] What I represent 60 00:03:14,171 --> 00:03:16,111 is generational change, it's not just about me. 61 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,191 What I like about all of the women 62 00:03:18,210 --> 00:03:20,021 who have been in the White House 63 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,150 is that they've all tried to do what is best for themselves, 64 00:03:22,171 --> 00:03:23,180 for their families, for the country 65 00:03:23,201 --> 00:03:24,240 as they've defined it. 66 00:03:25,021 --> 00:03:26,041 And that's what I would try to do. 67 00:03:27,210 --> 00:03:29,071 [Donna Shalala] Hillary was not going to be 68 00:03:29,090 --> 00:03:30,191 a traditional first lady. 69 00:03:31,051 --> 00:03:33,180 The women's movement had changed it forever. 70 00:03:34,041 --> 00:03:36,120 Does Hillary look great tonight or what? 71 00:03:36,141 --> 00:03:38,120 Hillary was the first generation 72 00:03:38,141 --> 00:03:40,071 that was going to start that change. 73 00:03:40,090 --> 00:03:43,120 I just hope that you do not only have a lot of fun tonight, 74 00:03:43,141 --> 00:03:45,041 but you have fun for the next four years 75 00:03:45,060 --> 00:03:48,120 as you help us change this country for the better. 76 00:03:48,141 --> 00:03:49,250 Thank you all. 77 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,060 [Lissa Muscatine] Some people loved it. I loved it. 78 00:03:54,081 --> 00:03:55,191 My mother loved it. My mother was so excited. 79 00:03:55,210 --> 00:03:56,210 "Oh, my God, a woman 80 00:03:57,071 --> 00:03:59,131 who's actually trying to do something different. 81 00:03:59,150 --> 00:04:00,120 This is great." 82 00:04:00,141 --> 00:04:01,180 But you know there were people 83 00:04:02,041 --> 00:04:04,101 for whom that was very uncomfortable or discomforting. 84 00:04:04,180 --> 00:04:05,210 It created a lot of confusion. 85 00:04:06,101 --> 00:04:08,190 [reporter] Hillary Clinton has an office in the West Wing. 86 00:04:08,210 --> 00:04:10,021 And that's a first. 87 00:04:10,090 --> 00:04:12,250 Mrs. Clinton is moving the Office of the First Lady 88 00:04:13,030 --> 00:04:14,150 out of the East Wing and into the West. 89 00:04:15,060 --> 00:04:16,201 [Capricia Marshall] On the first day 90 00:04:16,220 --> 00:04:19,061 when we all gathered around this table, 91 00:04:19,081 --> 00:04:21,121 I remember her saying we're a small team 92 00:04:21,141 --> 00:04:27,021 and I really want people devoted to this administration 93 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:28,110 and the work that we have at hand. 94 00:04:28,191 --> 00:04:31,201 [woman] I can't help but notice that this is an all-chick staff! 95 00:04:31,220 --> 00:04:32,230 -[woman laughs] -No, no-- 96 00:04:33,090 --> 00:04:34,160 [staff member] Oh, Neal's over there. Neal, I'm sorry-- 97 00:04:34,180 --> 00:04:35,230 [laughter] 98 00:04:35,251 --> 00:04:36,230 [narrator] Hillary has a staff 99 00:04:37,071 --> 00:04:38,201 larger than any other first lady. 100 00:04:39,081 --> 00:04:43,030 The team renames their new West Wing office: “Hillaryland”" 101 00:04:43,141 --> 00:04:46,121 [Jennifer Klein] She wanted to use this amazing opportunity 102 00:04:46,141 --> 00:04:48,241 as first lady to make advances. 103 00:04:49,021 --> 00:04:50,251 She has this phrase of John Wesley 104 00:04:51,030 --> 00:04:53,220 that she, um, has returned to over the years, 105 00:04:53,241 --> 00:04:55,121 which is: "Do all the good you can." 106 00:04:55,251 --> 00:04:57,100 [Lissa Muscatine] She was ambitious about 107 00:04:57,121 --> 00:04:59,180 a set of policies that were really going to start 108 00:04:59,201 --> 00:05:00,220 to benefit people 109 00:05:00,241 --> 00:05:02,201 who were on the margins of society. 110 00:05:03,061 --> 00:05:04,170 [Melanne Verveer] It was this sense 111 00:05:04,241 --> 00:05:08,230 that, together, we could really have positive impact, 112 00:05:08,251 --> 00:05:12,090 and she imbued in all of us that sense of purpose. 113 00:05:13,071 --> 00:05:14,201 [narrator] Hillary's political journey 114 00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:17,071 started in a surprisingly different place. 115 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,021 Hillary was raised in a middle-class 116 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,220 Methodist family just outside Chicago. 117 00:05:32,061 --> 00:05:33,170 [Gail Sheehy] Her father, Hugh Rodham, 118 00:05:33,191 --> 00:05:36,131 was of enormous influence on Hillary, 119 00:05:36,210 --> 00:05:38,150 because he was a drill master. 120 00:05:38,251 --> 00:05:41,141 He was very tough. He saw life as combat. 121 00:05:42,201 --> 00:05:46,121 He taught her that emotion is weakness. 122 00:05:46,251 --> 00:05:48,100 You can't ever show emotion. 123 00:05:49,090 --> 00:05:50,150 [Karen Tumulty] At one point she says, 124 00:05:50,251 --> 00:05:54,081 she came home with a report card that was just covered in As, 125 00:05:54,180 --> 00:05:59,071 and her father's reaction was, "You must go to an easy school." 126 00:06:00,170 --> 00:06:03,090 [narrator] Hugh Rodham was a die-hard Republican 127 00:06:03,110 --> 00:06:05,100 and encouraged his daughter to campaign 128 00:06:05,121 --> 00:06:08,090 for Republican candidates like Barry Goldwater. 129 00:06:09,081 --> 00:06:10,210 [Gail Sheehy] Her father was furious 130 00:06:11,050 --> 00:06:13,050 when she went off to the East Coast 131 00:06:13,131 --> 00:06:16,141 to one of the finest women's schools in the country. 132 00:06:17,030 --> 00:06:18,081 [narrator] Wellesley was a liberal, 133 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:19,251 all girl's college in Massachusetts. 134 00:06:20,121 --> 00:06:22,160 Hillary majored in political science 135 00:06:22,181 --> 00:06:25,241 and became president of the Wellesley Young Republicans 136 00:06:26,021 --> 00:06:27,081 in her freshman year. 137 00:06:29,131 --> 00:06:30,241 But as a child of the '60s, 138 00:06:31,021 --> 00:06:34,030 events in the country started to influence her politics. 139 00:06:35,090 --> 00:06:36,230 [Kate Brower] It's a fascinating turn 140 00:06:36,251 --> 00:06:38,040 that she took at Wellesley. 141 00:06:38,061 --> 00:06:40,141 She sort of found her own voice, 142 00:06:41,241 --> 00:06:45,100 started to look at the Vietnam War differently, 143 00:06:45,251 --> 00:06:47,081 talk about women's rights. 144 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:51,081 She then became a really outspoken Democrat. 145 00:06:52,121 --> 00:06:53,160 [Gail Sheehy] She would do rallies 146 00:06:53,180 --> 00:06:55,061 on the steps of the college 147 00:06:55,081 --> 00:06:59,251 and bring other women along to get into politics. 148 00:07:01,131 --> 00:07:03,061 [narrator] In Hillary's final year, 149 00:07:03,081 --> 00:07:05,220 her peers picked her to be the first student ever 150 00:07:05,241 --> 00:07:07,181 to speak on their behalf at Commencement. 151 00:07:08,141 --> 00:07:11,141 What happened that day became the seminal moment 152 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,100 of Hillary's early career. 153 00:07:15,071 --> 00:07:16,191 [Susan Bordo] A distinguished senator, 154 00:07:16,210 --> 00:07:20,201 Edward Brookes, had been invited to give the graduation address. 155 00:07:21,071 --> 00:07:22,191 He was a liberal Republican. 156 00:07:23,050 --> 00:07:24,230 He talked in fairly conventional terms 157 00:07:24,251 --> 00:07:26,160 about the need for change. 158 00:07:26,230 --> 00:07:30,030 And she really disagreed, uh, with what he said. 159 00:07:30,110 --> 00:07:35,061 As he was speaking, she took notes, right. 160 00:07:35,201 --> 00:07:36,220 And when she got up, 161 00:07:36,241 --> 00:07:38,160 she, basically, threw away her speech. 162 00:07:39,071 --> 00:07:40,090 And it is a great pleasure 163 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,030 to present to this audience, Miss Hillary Rodham. 164 00:07:43,121 --> 00:07:45,111 [applause] 165 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:47,210 [Hillary Clinton] What I'm speaking for, 166 00:07:47,230 --> 00:07:48,160 today, is all of us, 167 00:07:49,021 --> 00:07:50,040 the four hundred of us, 168 00:07:50,131 --> 00:07:53,021 and I find myself in a familiar position... 169 00:07:53,170 --> 00:07:54,170 that of reacting. 170 00:07:55,071 --> 00:07:56,251 [Melanne Verveer] And instead of going into, I think, 171 00:07:57,090 --> 00:07:59,180 what was anticipated that she would say, 172 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:02,160 she basically responded to the senator. 173 00:08:03,090 --> 00:08:04,141 [Hillary Clinton] Part of the problem 174 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,220 with just empathy with professed goals 175 00:08:06,241 --> 00:08:08,220 is that empathy doesn't do us anything. 176 00:08:09,210 --> 00:08:13,220 We feel that for too long our leaders have viewed politics 177 00:08:13,241 --> 00:08:14,241 as the art of the possible. 178 00:08:15,141 --> 00:08:18,201 And the challenge now is to practice politics 179 00:08:19,050 --> 00:08:20,081 as the art of making 180 00:08:20,150 --> 00:08:23,121 what appears to be impossible, possible. 181 00:08:23,251 --> 00:08:25,210 [applause] 182 00:08:26,131 --> 00:08:29,121 It was recognized as ground-breaking at the time. 183 00:08:32,121 --> 00:08:33,211 [Melanne Verveer] She was very much 184 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:35,211 surpassing the expectations 185 00:08:36,091 --> 00:08:38,170 of what women would conventionally do 186 00:08:38,190 --> 00:08:39,150 in those times. 187 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,150 [Gail Sheehy] The June issue of Life Magazine, 188 00:08:43,170 --> 00:08:46,091 which was the photographic magazine of the time, 189 00:08:46,170 --> 00:08:49,150 featured Hillary Rodham at the age of 21. 190 00:08:49,170 --> 00:08:53,150 Very unusual to feature a young woman in politics. 191 00:08:54,131 --> 00:08:56,091 [narrator] Hillary was already making a big impression 192 00:08:56,170 --> 00:08:58,111 on the political landscape. 193 00:09:00,030 --> 00:09:01,060 Everybody knew, 194 00:09:01,141 --> 00:09:05,131 "Wow. This person is destined for important things." 195 00:09:06,180 --> 00:09:08,040 [reporters clamoring] 196 00:09:08,060 --> 00:09:10,101 [narrator] 24 years later, now in the White House, 197 00:09:10,180 --> 00:09:13,150 Hillary is poised to bring her passion for change 198 00:09:13,170 --> 00:09:14,251 to her role as first lady. 199 00:09:15,121 --> 00:09:16,251 [reporter] There's been conflicting signals 200 00:09:17,030 --> 00:09:19,141 about which Hillary Clinton would be shown to the country. 201 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,040 The sharp politician or the conventional first lady? 202 00:09:29,180 --> 00:09:31,141 [reporters clamoring] 203 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,121 [narrator] Less than a week after his inauguration, 204 00:09:34,141 --> 00:09:36,221 President Clinton makes a controversial appointment. 205 00:09:37,180 --> 00:09:40,040 As the first step in responding to the demands 206 00:09:40,060 --> 00:09:42,070 of literally, millions of Americans. 207 00:09:42,091 --> 00:09:44,091 Today I am announcing the formation 208 00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:47,221 of the president's task force on National Health Reform. 209 00:09:48,060 --> 00:09:51,070 This task force will be chaired by the first lady, 210 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:52,101 Hillary Rodham Clinton. 211 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,251 I am grateful that Hillary has agreed 212 00:09:55,030 --> 00:09:56,050 to chair this task force, 213 00:09:56,180 --> 00:09:59,221 [laughs] and not only because it means she'll be sharing 214 00:09:59,241 --> 00:10:02,040 some of the heat I expect to generate. 215 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,040 [Patti Doyle] The president gave Hillary 216 00:10:04,060 --> 00:10:07,131 one of the toughest issues there is, universal healthcare. 217 00:10:08,070 --> 00:10:13,211 And that was a shock to not only people in Washington, 218 00:10:14,030 --> 00:10:16,050 but to the people who were working 219 00:10:16,070 --> 00:10:17,030 in the White House. 220 00:10:17,050 --> 00:10:19,170 [reporter] 221 00:10:22,251 --> 00:10:23,251 [Donna Shalala] Well, tell you the truth 222 00:10:24,030 --> 00:10:25,040 there was no discussion. 223 00:10:25,060 --> 00:10:26,121 It wasn't an option. 224 00:10:26,231 --> 00:10:29,150 The president and the first lady made the decision 225 00:10:29,170 --> 00:10:31,121 that she was going to lead the healthcare. 226 00:10:31,251 --> 00:10:33,060 Did I think it was a good idea 227 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,170 to run it out of the White House? 228 00:10:34,190 --> 00:10:35,150 No. 229 00:10:35,251 --> 00:10:38,180 Uh... And no one else really did either. 230 00:10:39,050 --> 00:10:42,040 Any doubts that Hillary Clinton will have a big role 231 00:10:42,060 --> 00:10:43,131 in the new administration 232 00:10:43,150 --> 00:10:44,231 the president put them to rest today. 233 00:10:45,180 --> 00:10:47,111 [reporter] More than half of Americans say 234 00:10:47,131 --> 00:10:50,101 it's not appropriate for first ladies to make policy. 235 00:10:50,121 --> 00:10:52,121 Who elected Hillary Rodham Clinton 236 00:10:52,141 --> 00:10:53,080 to make policy? 237 00:10:54,131 --> 00:10:56,070 [Patti Doyle] It was very controversial. 238 00:10:56,091 --> 00:10:58,101 So many attacks from so many different places. 239 00:10:58,121 --> 00:11:00,101 We didn't elect her here in Washington. 240 00:11:00,121 --> 00:11:02,160 [Patti Doyle] Why is she taking on this big role? 241 00:11:02,251 --> 00:11:05,091 There were charges of nepotism. 242 00:11:05,111 --> 00:11:06,221 [CNN reporter] What if he-- she doesn't get along 243 00:11:06,241 --> 00:11:08,190 with the rest of the staff? What if she needs to be fired? 244 00:11:08,211 --> 00:11:11,080 We really sort of ruffled a lot of feathers 245 00:11:11,101 --> 00:11:15,221 and people just did not know how to, uh, take it. 246 00:11:16,050 --> 00:11:17,091 On one hand you complain 247 00:11:17,111 --> 00:11:19,121 that she's too powerful, and on the other hand 248 00:11:19,141 --> 00:11:21,030 you complain that she's under-qualified. 249 00:11:21,050 --> 00:11:23,170 [Jennifer Klein] Bill Clinton saw this only as a benefit. 250 00:11:23,190 --> 00:11:26,131 Why would I not engage this incredibly smart person 251 00:11:26,150 --> 00:11:28,170 who I'm-- happen to be married to, 252 00:11:29,030 --> 00:11:33,111 to help do these things that I want to get done as president. 253 00:11:33,221 --> 00:11:36,030 [church bells ring] 254 00:11:36,221 --> 00:11:38,241 [Hillary Clinton] Over the years we've influenced each other. 255 00:11:39,251 --> 00:11:41,150 We have a wonderful relationship, 256 00:11:41,170 --> 00:11:43,141 going back to our days in law school. 257 00:11:44,060 --> 00:11:45,150 [narrator] The couple met at Yale, 258 00:11:45,170 --> 00:11:48,180 where Hillary was one of only 27 female students 259 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,241 in a class of 235. 260 00:11:52,131 --> 00:11:56,021 [Gail Sheehy] There was this tall, handsome, Southern man 261 00:11:56,101 --> 00:12:01,040 with Elvis sideburns and hickey boots, uh, 262 00:12:01,060 --> 00:12:03,080 who would follow her after classes, 263 00:12:03,101 --> 00:12:05,091 kind of panting at the back of her neck. 264 00:12:05,150 --> 00:12:07,170 Couldn't wait to get to know her. 265 00:12:09,060 --> 00:12:10,150 [Kate Brower] He would tell friends 266 00:12:10,170 --> 00:12:13,121 she's the most captivating, compelling person I've ever met. 267 00:12:13,141 --> 00:12:18,021 He had never been with a woman who was his intellectual equal, 268 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,111 and I think that excited Bill enormously. 269 00:12:24,091 --> 00:12:26,251 [narrator] After graduating from Yale in 1973, 270 00:12:27,070 --> 00:12:28,190 Hillary moved to Washington. 271 00:12:29,070 --> 00:12:31,251 Headhunted to work on the Watergate investigation. 272 00:12:32,211 --> 00:12:34,091 [President Nixon] I shall resign the presidency 273 00:12:34,111 --> 00:12:35,231 effective at noon tomorrow. 274 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,111 [narrator] Bill had proposed marriage several times. 275 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:42,221 After less than a year in Washington, 276 00:12:43,121 --> 00:12:45,251 Hillary follows her heart to Arkansas. 277 00:12:46,141 --> 00:12:48,221 One of her friends travelled to Arkansas with her 278 00:12:48,241 --> 00:12:52,160 and the entire road trip tried to convince her not to do it. 279 00:12:52,180 --> 00:12:54,111 “You're crazy, Hillary. You-- 280 00:12:54,131 --> 00:12:56,111 You'll be throwing away your life. 281 00:12:56,231 --> 00:12:58,030 You are a big deal, 282 00:12:58,050 --> 00:13:00,180 you can really go places in politics." 283 00:13:01,131 --> 00:13:02,121 [Kate Brower] Hillary said she thought 284 00:13:02,141 --> 00:13:03,160 she might be crazy too, 285 00:13:03,180 --> 00:13:05,180 but she was just in love with him. 286 00:13:06,231 --> 00:13:09,160 [narrator] The couple married in 1975. 287 00:13:09,180 --> 00:13:11,091 [reporter] The Governor of Arkansas 288 00:13:11,111 --> 00:13:12,160 and his wife, Hillary. 289 00:13:12,241 --> 00:13:14,131 [narrator] Bill quickly climbed the political ladder 290 00:13:14,150 --> 00:13:17,150 and by 1979 was Governor of Arkansas. 291 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,021 Hillary joined a prestigious law firm. 292 00:13:23,221 --> 00:13:26,080 [Gail Sheehy] She was one of the first women in the state 293 00:13:26,150 --> 00:13:28,160 to be hired by a main line law firm, 294 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,060 and later, she was named partner, 295 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,131 so her trajectory became very swift. 296 00:13:36,141 --> 00:13:37,101 [interviewer] You're less than 40. 297 00:13:37,121 --> 00:13:38,160 You don't have any children, 298 00:13:38,180 --> 00:13:40,030 you don't use your husband's name. 299 00:13:40,111 --> 00:13:41,111 You practice law. 300 00:13:41,211 --> 00:13:43,221 Does it concern you that maybe other people feel 301 00:13:43,241 --> 00:13:47,070 that you don't fit the image that we have created 302 00:13:47,091 --> 00:13:49,121 for the governor's wife in Arkansas? 303 00:13:50,091 --> 00:13:52,040 Uh... I'm not 40, but that... 304 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,091 hopefully will be cured by age. Eventually I will be. 305 00:13:55,150 --> 00:13:57,101 Uh... We don't have any children yet. 306 00:13:57,121 --> 00:13:58,160 We're hoping to have children, 307 00:13:58,241 --> 00:14:01,101 so that I hope will be cured in a number of years also. 308 00:14:01,231 --> 00:14:03,251 [Susan Bordo] People were suspicious of her. 309 00:14:04,170 --> 00:14:06,211 She, you know, didn't look the part. 310 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,121 You know there are all kinds of things about Hillary 311 00:14:09,141 --> 00:14:14,160 that in the old days signified rebelliousness, 312 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,121 feminism, an unwillingness to conform. 313 00:14:19,131 --> 00:14:21,150 [Gail Sheehy] She had this feminist idea 314 00:14:21,170 --> 00:14:23,231 that you didn't have to take your husband's name 315 00:14:23,251 --> 00:14:24,241 when you were married. 316 00:14:25,021 --> 00:14:26,231 This was just unthinkable... 317 00:14:27,101 --> 00:14:29,170 to the establishment of Arkansas. 318 00:14:30,050 --> 00:14:31,141 I've not wanted to upset anybody. 319 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,160 I really thought I was doing it for the right reason, 320 00:14:33,231 --> 00:14:37,160 uh, so I'm thinking of perhaps changing my name to... 321 00:14:38,060 --> 00:14:39,150 I don't know, Martha Washington, 322 00:14:39,170 --> 00:14:41,170 -or something... -[laughter] 323 00:14:43,030 --> 00:14:45,021 [narrator] To win over the people of Arkansas, 324 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:48,141 Hillary decides she needs to radically change her image. 325 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,160 [Gail Sheehy] It was so excruciating. 326 00:14:52,180 --> 00:14:54,190 She had to forfeit her own identity. 327 00:14:54,211 --> 00:14:56,211 She got rid of the big fat glasses, 328 00:14:57,030 --> 00:15:02,040 she took his name in order to pass for other people's idea 329 00:15:02,060 --> 00:15:04,091 of what a wife should be. 330 00:15:04,111 --> 00:15:06,050 A warm welcome to Hillary Rodham Clinton... 331 00:15:06,070 --> 00:15:07,070 [applause] 332 00:15:07,190 --> 00:15:09,080 [narrator] From the start of his tenure as governor, 333 00:15:09,101 --> 00:15:10,180 Bill enlisted Hillary to head up 334 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,251 a number of his policy initiatives. 335 00:15:13,101 --> 00:15:14,251 [Donna Shalala] She took on big issues. 336 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:16,101 And, of course, 337 00:15:16,121 --> 00:15:17,160 the biggest issue was education. 338 00:15:17,180 --> 00:15:18,241 The charge that we were given 339 00:15:19,021 --> 00:15:21,091 as the education standard's committee 340 00:15:21,111 --> 00:15:22,231 was to come up with standards 341 00:15:22,251 --> 00:15:26,101 which we believe defined quality education. 342 00:15:26,121 --> 00:15:28,021 She was an activist, 343 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:32,111 she really tried to make a difference in people's lives. 344 00:15:32,131 --> 00:15:34,030 [Hillary Clinton] I have yet to find anyone 345 00:15:34,050 --> 00:15:37,111 who believes that we cannot do better if we try. 346 00:15:37,131 --> 00:15:39,131 [Melanne Verveer] That should have been a clue 347 00:15:39,150 --> 00:15:41,131 of how she might proceed 348 00:15:41,150 --> 00:15:43,251 when she was first lady of the United States. 349 00:15:49,091 --> 00:15:50,190 Hello, this is Hillary Clinton. 350 00:15:50,251 --> 00:15:52,251 I want to thank you for letting me speak with you 351 00:15:53,030 --> 00:15:56,080 about an issue that is central to our children's future. 352 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,180 Solving our nation's healthcare crisis. 353 00:16:00,091 --> 00:16:01,141 [Kate Brower] I remember being 354 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,021 on the healthcare reform task force, 355 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,060 working with people who had worked on healthcare for years 356 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,091 before I arrived in Washington, 357 00:16:08,180 --> 00:16:11,060 showing me a folder that-- about all of the times 358 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:12,111 that health care had been tried 359 00:16:12,131 --> 00:16:13,200 and all of the times it had failed. 360 00:16:13,221 --> 00:16:16,021 I ask you to join me and the president... 361 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:17,150 [Kate Brewer] Hillary would say to me, 362 00:16:17,170 --> 00:16:20,150 ...roll up your sleeves, think about what we can do. 363 00:16:20,170 --> 00:16:22,221 She really saw this as an opportunity 364 00:16:22,241 --> 00:16:25,070 to really fix the healthcare system 365 00:16:25,091 --> 00:16:26,040 in this country. 366 00:16:26,180 --> 00:16:28,160 [Hillary Clinton] Thank you so very much. 367 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,211 [narrator] Drawing on her experience in Arkansas, 368 00:16:32,231 --> 00:16:35,150 Hillary heads up a 500-person task force, 369 00:16:36,050 --> 00:16:39,170 with the dream of healthcare coverage for all Americans. 370 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:41,170 -Is it still ticking? -[cameras click] 371 00:16:42,180 --> 00:16:45,091 The stakes in this healthcare reform 372 00:16:45,150 --> 00:16:46,221 are high for all Americans. 373 00:16:46,241 --> 00:16:48,170 [woman] How wonderful to have somebody 374 00:16:48,190 --> 00:16:50,131 with her credentials and her ability. 375 00:16:51,030 --> 00:16:52,160 [Melanne Verveer] She worked her tail off. 376 00:16:52,180 --> 00:16:54,021 I remember her saying, 377 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,111 "It's Friday, two more workdays until Monday." 378 00:16:56,131 --> 00:16:57,190 [Wolf Blitzer] Their friends in the Senate 379 00:16:57,211 --> 00:16:59,060 who had a lot of experience 380 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,190 were telling her, do it piecemeal, step by step. 381 00:17:01,211 --> 00:17:03,190 You're going to go for this whole thing, 382 00:17:03,211 --> 00:17:05,050 you're going to fail. 383 00:17:06,181 --> 00:17:08,060 [Donna Shalala] She had a different idea about 384 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,130 how she wanted to work it. 385 00:17:09,151 --> 00:17:11,241 It was a choice, high risk, high gain. 386 00:17:12,211 --> 00:17:15,241 I'm here as a mother, a wife... 387 00:17:16,021 --> 00:17:17,191 [narrator] After eight months of hard work, 388 00:17:17,211 --> 00:17:20,021 over five days of grueling testimony, 389 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:23,241 Hillary presents the findings of the task force to Congress. 390 00:17:24,221 --> 00:17:26,191 The kind of preventive services 391 00:17:26,211 --> 00:17:29,151 that you and I want for all children 392 00:17:29,171 --> 00:17:30,181 will be available... 393 00:17:30,251 --> 00:17:34,161 For Hillary, it was the natural culmination 394 00:17:34,181 --> 00:17:38,070 of what she had been working for her all her life 395 00:17:38,090 --> 00:17:39,040 up until then. 396 00:17:39,181 --> 00:17:40,211 [Hillary Clinton] If we take what we have learned 397 00:17:41,050 --> 00:17:43,040 from employers and we move it to the national level... 398 00:17:43,060 --> 00:17:45,120 We want to get away from the micromanagement... 399 00:17:45,140 --> 00:17:46,251 [narrator] Hillary is the only first lady 400 00:17:47,030 --> 00:17:49,241 ever to testify before the House of Representatives 401 00:17:50,021 --> 00:17:51,040 as a lead witness. 402 00:17:52,021 --> 00:17:56,070 That there are considerable, substantial savings 403 00:17:56,090 --> 00:17:57,060 in the existing system... 404 00:17:57,201 --> 00:17:58,211 [Kate Brewer] Many people were really surprised 405 00:17:58,231 --> 00:18:00,080 that she was that prepared, 406 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:02,030 that she was that smart, quite frankly, 407 00:18:02,050 --> 00:18:03,161 and had done her research. 408 00:18:03,181 --> 00:18:06,171 [senator] I greatly admire, uh, the knowledge 409 00:18:06,191 --> 00:18:08,191 and expertise and energy that you bring to this issue. 410 00:18:08,211 --> 00:18:11,161 It was her nuanced view of the issues. 411 00:18:11,181 --> 00:18:13,060 We want to merge... 412 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,030 [Donna Shalala] She actually understood the policy 413 00:18:16,050 --> 00:18:19,120 at a level of depth and sophistication... 414 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:21,211 that usually no one in the room knew 415 00:18:21,231 --> 00:18:23,231 except maybe there were two or three experts 416 00:18:23,251 --> 00:18:26,120 on a narrow part of what we were talking about. 417 00:18:27,030 --> 00:18:28,110 [Ford] I think there's going to be an awful lot 418 00:18:28,130 --> 00:18:32,110 of young people who are going to aspire to be like you. 419 00:18:33,021 --> 00:18:34,211 And that will be good for this country. 420 00:18:34,231 --> 00:18:37,161 Thank you very much for your help to us. 421 00:18:37,181 --> 00:18:39,030 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 422 00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:41,171 [narrator] In spite of Hillary's success, 423 00:18:41,231 --> 00:18:44,241 right wing forces are already conspiring against her. 424 00:18:46,021 --> 00:18:49,191 [David Brock] The notion was she had undue sway 425 00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:52,070 over her husband and over the administration. 426 00:18:52,181 --> 00:18:55,070 So, she was the power behind the throne. 427 00:18:55,241 --> 00:18:58,181 And the goal was to do a take-down job. 428 00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:07,171 [interviewer] David Brock, investigative writer 429 00:19:07,191 --> 00:19:08,231 for the American Spectator. 430 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:11,050 You have the cover story, which shows 431 00:19:11,070 --> 00:19:14,050 a picture of President Clinton. His clothes are rumpled, 432 00:19:14,070 --> 00:19:16,181 his shoes are off, he is tip toeing down the street. 433 00:19:16,201 --> 00:19:17,201 What's this story all about? 434 00:19:17,221 --> 00:19:19,161 Abuse of power and corruption here. 435 00:19:19,251 --> 00:19:21,221 [David Brock] I was an investigative writer 436 00:19:21,241 --> 00:19:23,040 for the American Spectator, 437 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:26,171 and the Clinton beat was the sexy beat at the time. 438 00:19:27,050 --> 00:19:28,191 It was an effort, journalistically, 439 00:19:28,211 --> 00:19:32,050 to destroy the Clintons and to destroy his presidency. 440 00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:33,251 [cheering] 441 00:19:35,110 --> 00:19:37,181 [David Brock] You had Republican rule for 12 years, 442 00:19:37,201 --> 00:19:41,070 and that was the way things were supposed to be 443 00:19:41,090 --> 00:19:42,110 as far as the Republicans 444 00:19:42,130 --> 00:19:43,251 and the conservatives were concerned. 445 00:19:44,030 --> 00:19:46,030 [reporter] Mr. Clinton said goodbye to a former president. 446 00:19:46,050 --> 00:19:47,100 [David Brock] Really from the moment 447 00:19:47,171 --> 00:19:50,030 Bill Clinton was elected, the right wing decided 448 00:19:50,050 --> 00:19:52,110 what they would exploit were scandals. 449 00:19:55,090 --> 00:19:57,231 There was a premium on going back to Arkansas 450 00:19:57,251 --> 00:20:01,040 and trying to un-turn every rock in their past. 451 00:20:03,050 --> 00:20:04,231 [Susan Bordo] You had the American Spectator 452 00:20:04,251 --> 00:20:06,120 that David Brock worked for... 453 00:20:07,021 --> 00:20:09,231 mounting a concerted campaign, 454 00:20:10,021 --> 00:20:11,181 what they called the "Arkansas Project," 455 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:16,181 where they dug up every bit of dirt they could 456 00:20:17,021 --> 00:20:18,140 against Bill and Hillary. 457 00:20:18,161 --> 00:20:21,201 [David Brock] I would chase down every right-wing talking point, 458 00:20:21,221 --> 00:20:23,120 every right-wing conspiracy theory 459 00:20:24,060 --> 00:20:26,060 that led to the publication of a great story. 460 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,221 [reporter] Two troopers who had protected Mr. Clinton 461 00:20:28,241 --> 00:20:30,060 during his years as governor 462 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,151 helped him arrange extra-marital affairs. 463 00:20:32,251 --> 00:20:34,161 [narrator] Not only were right-wing opponents 464 00:20:34,181 --> 00:20:36,130 like David Brock getting their stories 465 00:20:36,151 --> 00:20:37,100 picked up in the press, 466 00:20:37,221 --> 00:20:39,181 but also, the first lady, herself, 467 00:20:39,201 --> 00:20:41,090 is becoming a prime target. 468 00:20:42,211 --> 00:20:44,110 It's called "Travelgate." 469 00:20:44,211 --> 00:20:46,050 [Larry King] Seven long time 470 00:20:46,070 --> 00:20:48,021 White House travel office officials were fired. 471 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:49,080 First lady in the White House 472 00:20:49,100 --> 00:20:51,030 was trying to make these people scapegoats. 473 00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:52,231 [narrator] Scandal after scandal, 474 00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:54,050 fueled by the right, 475 00:20:54,070 --> 00:20:56,070 start to hit the mainstream media. 476 00:20:57,140 --> 00:20:59,070 Whitewater stories to hit the headlines 477 00:20:59,090 --> 00:21:02,050 are splashing mud in Hillary Clinton's direction. 478 00:21:02,070 --> 00:21:03,060 [Melanne Verveer] It was a drumbeat, 479 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,100 a constant effort to bring her down. 480 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:10,241 Most roads lead from the first lady and back to her. 481 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:12,241 [Melanne Verveer] And as we look back, 482 00:21:13,021 --> 00:21:15,191 none of these charges were proven. 483 00:21:16,110 --> 00:21:20,151 Is there a fundamental distrust of the Clintons in America? 484 00:21:20,241 --> 00:21:22,070 Well, I hope not, I mean, 485 00:21:22,090 --> 00:21:25,080 that would be something I would regret. Yes? 486 00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:27,021 [reporter] Do you ever look in the mirror 487 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,030 and wish that you'd... just never got into this? 488 00:21:29,130 --> 00:21:31,100 No, never. Never. 489 00:21:33,050 --> 00:21:35,120 [David Brock] Not normally do you focus on the first lady. 490 00:21:35,211 --> 00:21:37,151 But in the magazine where I worked, 491 00:21:37,241 --> 00:21:40,221 what worked for conservatives was attacking women. 492 00:21:40,241 --> 00:21:43,241 And there was misogyny underneath a lot of the attacks. 493 00:21:44,021 --> 00:21:46,161 I think that's one, I think two, 494 00:21:46,241 --> 00:21:48,120 she was a political force in her own right, 495 00:21:48,211 --> 00:21:51,191 and even back then people recognized her talents, 496 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:56,070 that made her a unique target, uh, for the right wing. 497 00:21:57,050 --> 00:21:58,211 [reporter] Critics say her once dazzling image 498 00:21:58,231 --> 00:21:59,251 is now tarnished. 499 00:22:00,151 --> 00:22:03,221 [Lissa Muscatine] It was an attempt to mischaracterize her, 500 00:22:04,211 --> 00:22:06,140 to skew her motivations, 501 00:22:06,231 --> 00:22:09,050 in the most unflattering negative light. 502 00:22:09,140 --> 00:22:12,030 Someone who was a real woman 503 00:22:12,110 --> 00:22:16,221 for flesh and blood, came out as a caricature 504 00:22:16,241 --> 00:22:20,161 that many people nowadays continue to believe 505 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:22,221 is the real Hillary. 506 00:22:23,090 --> 00:22:25,130 [Lissa Muscatine] So, you had "Lying Hillary." 507 00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:26,231 "Saint or sinner?" 508 00:22:26,251 --> 00:22:28,120 "Criminal Hillary." 509 00:22:28,211 --> 00:22:31,130 She was demonized over and over again. 510 00:22:31,151 --> 00:22:32,130 The Republicans today 511 00:22:32,251 --> 00:22:34,110 continued a multi-front attack on Hillary Clinton. 512 00:22:34,130 --> 00:22:37,030 -You are-- You are-- -Let me tell you that it is 513 00:22:37,050 --> 00:22:39,211 a bad and dangerous thing to do 514 00:22:39,231 --> 00:22:42,171 to say that the first lady of this land is a liar. 515 00:22:42,191 --> 00:22:43,130 [man shouting] I'm not... 516 00:22:43,211 --> 00:22:44,221 I, sometimes, don't know 517 00:22:45,060 --> 00:22:46,060 what I've been accused of from day to day, 518 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,070 so, I mean, it's not surprising to me 519 00:22:48,090 --> 00:22:52,231 that people would take a look at the, uh, flurry of accusations 520 00:22:52,251 --> 00:22:55,130 and say, "Oh, my gosh, there must be something wrong." 521 00:22:57,021 --> 00:22:59,060 [Melanne Verveer] One day, we were riding together, 522 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,120 and she was reading the newspapers, 523 00:23:01,241 --> 00:23:03,040 she said, "You know... 524 00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:06,221 if I were reading this and I saw this-- 525 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:08,231 I read this discussion of this person, 526 00:23:08,251 --> 00:23:10,110 I wouldn't like her either. 527 00:23:11,021 --> 00:23:12,100 But that's not me." 528 00:23:14,090 --> 00:23:17,090 I looked very closely at the various scandals. 529 00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:20,201 I concluded that these scandals were phony. 530 00:23:21,060 --> 00:23:22,241 She was someone of high integrity 531 00:23:23,021 --> 00:23:24,231 but in the right wing, you couldn't say 532 00:23:24,251 --> 00:23:26,060 that Hillary was a good person. 533 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:30,201 And that accelerated my departure from the right. 534 00:23:30,221 --> 00:23:32,171 [indistinct chanting] 535 00:23:33,191 --> 00:23:34,241 [narrator] With all the scandals 536 00:23:35,021 --> 00:23:36,231 eroding the public's trust in the Clintons, 537 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:40,201 skepticism of the health care plan escalates. 538 00:23:40,221 --> 00:23:41,231 ...should be entitled... 539 00:23:41,251 --> 00:23:44,251 Protests were being planned, 540 00:23:45,030 --> 00:23:46,181 she was being heckled when she went out 541 00:23:46,201 --> 00:23:48,060 and did healthcare events. 542 00:23:48,140 --> 00:23:50,040 It got so scary. 543 00:23:50,060 --> 00:23:53,060 Secret service didn't want her to go up on stage. 544 00:23:53,181 --> 00:23:55,171 [narrator] In September 1994, 545 00:23:56,021 --> 00:23:58,140 Republicans and the insurance industry succeed 546 00:23:58,161 --> 00:24:01,080 in killing Hillary's healthcare initiative. 547 00:24:03,030 --> 00:24:05,030 [reporter] Friends say she's looking back on her role 548 00:24:05,050 --> 00:24:07,100 and trying to figure out what happened. 549 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:09,151 [Donna Shalala] Well, it was painful. 550 00:24:09,231 --> 00:24:12,130 There was large piece of this that was just sexist. 551 00:24:13,151 --> 00:24:15,151 There's no question in my mind. 552 00:24:16,090 --> 00:24:18,140 [Allida Black] I mean, she's faced an onslaught 553 00:24:18,161 --> 00:24:22,231 that no woman in the White House has had to face, 554 00:24:24,030 --> 00:24:26,040 but Hillary Clinton doesn't quit. 555 00:24:27,090 --> 00:24:29,120 [narrator] Behind the scenes, Hillary works hard 556 00:24:29,140 --> 00:24:32,030 to save some part of her healthcare plan. 557 00:24:32,050 --> 00:24:33,110 [Donna Shalala] I think what was impressive 558 00:24:33,130 --> 00:24:35,231 was her resilience when it failed. 559 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,181 She could get up, shake herself off 560 00:24:38,201 --> 00:24:43,110 and said, "We have to keep trying to do the best we can." 561 00:24:44,181 --> 00:24:47,080 [Melanne Verveer] And it was she who kept pleading 562 00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:51,070 that at a minimal, let's cover the children, 563 00:24:51,251 --> 00:24:53,211 that they deserve better. 564 00:24:53,231 --> 00:24:56,080 There isn't anything as important... 565 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:58,221 as taking care of our children. 566 00:24:59,201 --> 00:25:03,130 For me, this is an issue that goes way beyond politics. 567 00:25:03,251 --> 00:25:06,090 She took to heart what she had heard 568 00:25:06,110 --> 00:25:08,070 as she crisscrossed the United States. 569 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,161 [Donna Shalala] She actually worked on legislation 570 00:25:11,181 --> 00:25:12,201 that made a difference. 571 00:25:13,090 --> 00:25:16,090 And, eventually, we got the Children's Health Insurance Act 572 00:25:16,110 --> 00:25:19,030 which covers millions of children today. 573 00:25:20,110 --> 00:25:22,090 And that's what's spectacular about Hillary. 574 00:25:23,030 --> 00:25:24,110 She doesn't give up. 575 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:32,060 that after the defeat of healthcare reform, 576 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,221 Hillary Clinton would be content to hold teas and bake cookies, 577 00:25:35,241 --> 00:25:37,050 think again. 578 00:25:37,070 --> 00:25:39,090 She had pull back and find a new voice, 579 00:25:39,110 --> 00:25:42,201 which was really being an international first lady. 580 00:25:43,060 --> 00:25:44,251 You know, it was really her moment 581 00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:48,040 to come out and redefine herself. 582 00:25:50,110 --> 00:25:53,080 [narrator] In 1995, the first lady is invited 583 00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:56,070 to speak at the United Nations' Conference on Women. 584 00:25:56,171 --> 00:25:59,120 No one, least of all Hillary, is surprised 585 00:25:59,211 --> 00:26:02,090 when some in the administration try to block her. 586 00:26:02,201 --> 00:26:05,120 [reporter] US-China relations are rapidly deteriorating. 587 00:26:05,140 --> 00:26:07,161 [Melanne Verveer] There were those within the government 588 00:26:07,181 --> 00:26:11,221 who felt she might set our China foreign policy back. 589 00:26:12,060 --> 00:26:14,140 She might create some kind of contretemps. 590 00:26:14,221 --> 00:26:16,130 Do we really want this to happen? 591 00:26:17,060 --> 00:26:18,130 [Lissa Muscatine] She said, “Well, if I can't go 592 00:26:18,151 --> 00:26:20,070 as first lady, I'll just get on a plane 593 00:26:20,090 --> 00:26:21,080 and go as a private citizen.” 594 00:26:21,171 --> 00:26:23,070 And we're all, you know, rolling our eyes going, 595 00:26:23,151 --> 00:26:25,241 “That is not clearly going to happen.” 596 00:26:26,110 --> 00:26:28,080 She said, excuse my French, 597 00:26:28,181 --> 00:26:32,120 "[bleep] them, I'm going not as first lady, 598 00:26:32,140 --> 00:26:34,060 I'm going as Hillary Clinton. 599 00:26:34,130 --> 00:26:37,021 Here's my passport. Here's my credit card. 600 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:38,161 Book me a flight.” 601 00:26:40,030 --> 00:26:44,171 And I said, "Um... Okay, I'll do it! 602 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:48,110 [narrator] Hillary has been preparing 603 00:26:48,130 --> 00:26:50,110 her whole life for this speech. 604 00:26:51,151 --> 00:26:54,040 [Lissa Muscatine] I remember vividly her looking at me 605 00:26:54,060 --> 00:26:55,070 and saying, you know, 606 00:26:55,171 --> 00:26:57,110 “I just want to push the envelope as far as I can 607 00:26:57,130 --> 00:26:59,100 on women's rights and human rights.” 608 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,110 [Allida Black] This is China. 609 00:27:01,181 --> 00:27:04,070 Hillary's going into the den, if you will, 610 00:27:04,090 --> 00:27:07,140 where many girl babies were killed, 611 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,050 where women are incredibly devalued, 612 00:27:11,070 --> 00:27:14,221 where human rights, in general, writ large are devalued. 613 00:27:15,221 --> 00:27:19,100 [narrator] In the audience are women from 189 countries. 614 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,060 So, Melanne and I were hidden from the crowd, 615 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:23,080 but we're on the side of the stage. 616 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:25,191 Both of us, absolutely nervous. 617 00:27:26,060 --> 00:27:28,140 The stakes were so high. 618 00:27:29,251 --> 00:27:32,070 [Hillary Clinton] The great challenge of this conference 619 00:27:32,090 --> 00:27:34,110 is to give voice to women everywhere 620 00:27:34,130 --> 00:27:36,181 whose experiences go unnoticed, 621 00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:39,080 whose words go unheard. 622 00:27:39,191 --> 00:27:44,140 You could feel in that room, uh, almost a stillness. 623 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,060 Even now, in the late 20th century... 624 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,040 [Lissa Muscatine] There was no reaction in the audience. 625 00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:52,060 Melanne and I suddenly looked at each other 626 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,241 and were just in a panic like, 627 00:27:54,090 --> 00:27:56,151 “Maybe we've completely miscalculated this." 628 00:27:56,171 --> 00:27:58,130 [Hillary Clinton] It is time for us to say 629 00:27:58,151 --> 00:28:02,130 here in Beijing, and for the world to hear, 630 00:28:02,221 --> 00:28:06,251 that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights 631 00:28:07,030 --> 00:28:09,060 as separate from human rights. 632 00:28:09,130 --> 00:28:10,171 [applause] 633 00:28:14,130 --> 00:28:16,251 And then this massive eruption... 634 00:28:17,151 --> 00:28:21,021 of a response to what she had said. 635 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,221 It is a violation of human rights 636 00:28:25,050 --> 00:28:28,090 when babies are denied food or drowned 637 00:28:28,110 --> 00:28:31,171 simply because they are born girls. 638 00:28:31,191 --> 00:28:34,021 [Melanne Verveer] Violence against women in our homes, 639 00:28:34,161 --> 00:28:37,060 rape being used as a tool of war, 640 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,021 human trafficking of women. 641 00:28:39,161 --> 00:28:41,171 [Hillary Clinton] If there is one message 642 00:28:41,191 --> 00:28:44,100 that echoes forth from this conference, 643 00:28:44,201 --> 00:28:48,140 let it be that human rights are women's rights, 644 00:28:48,161 --> 00:28:51,201 and women's rights are human rights, 645 00:28:51,221 --> 00:28:53,221 once and for all. 646 00:28:54,140 --> 00:28:57,080 [Lissa Muscatine] No one had ever talked about those things 647 00:28:57,100 --> 00:28:59,140 that overtly and that directly 648 00:28:59,211 --> 00:29:01,140 and called them a violation of human rights. 649 00:29:01,161 --> 00:29:04,060 And just put it down there, planted a flag 650 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,171 and said, "This is not acceptable." 651 00:29:06,191 --> 00:29:08,040 Thank you very much. 652 00:29:08,060 --> 00:29:09,211 [Melanne Verveer] This was her proudest moment. 653 00:29:09,231 --> 00:29:12,211 We knew her as the first lady of the United States. 654 00:29:13,171 --> 00:29:17,130 When she finished, we saw her as a global leader. 655 00:29:17,241 --> 00:29:20,120 [Karen Tumulty] Hillary would meet women over the years, 656 00:29:20,140 --> 00:29:22,251 who would say they had heard about that speech. 657 00:29:23,030 --> 00:29:26,241 Women in Africa, women in Asia, women in South America. 658 00:29:27,021 --> 00:29:28,110 [crowd cheering] 659 00:29:28,241 --> 00:29:30,151 [Patti Doyle] It was like she was a rock star. 660 00:29:30,171 --> 00:29:32,251 People lined the streets for her. 661 00:29:33,030 --> 00:29:34,211 It was such a disconnect 662 00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:37,161 from what was happening in the United States. 663 00:29:41,231 --> 00:29:44,060 [narrator] Back at home, trouble lies ahead. 664 00:29:45,151 --> 00:29:48,231 But this time, the scandal will be far more personal. 665 00:29:57,110 --> 00:29:58,161 [reporters clamoring] 666 00:29:58,231 --> 00:30:01,040 [narrator] A year into Bill Clinton's second term, 667 00:30:01,060 --> 00:30:02,231 a scandal explodes in the press. 668 00:30:03,130 --> 00:30:06,100 Tonight, the Clinton White House faces a huge crisis 669 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:09,040 over another allegation of sexual impropriety 670 00:30:09,060 --> 00:30:10,060 by the president. 671 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:11,140 Charges that President Clinton 672 00:30:11,161 --> 00:30:13,140 had an affair with a White House intern. 673 00:30:13,161 --> 00:30:16,021 We're told by sources that she would frequently come 674 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:17,060 into the West Wing... 675 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,060 I got a call from one of my editors, 676 00:30:19,161 --> 00:30:21,140 uh, saying can you check it out. 677 00:30:22,050 --> 00:30:24,080 [reporter] At issue whether Mr. Clinton 678 00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:25,201 had a sexual relationship 679 00:30:25,221 --> 00:30:28,110 with a former White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. 680 00:30:28,130 --> 00:30:30,181 And I thought that's ridiculous. 681 00:30:30,201 --> 00:30:32,090 This is the president of the United States 682 00:30:32,110 --> 00:30:34,181 having an affair with an intern. That's not happening. 683 00:30:34,201 --> 00:30:36,060 [reporter] Lewinsky has told a friend 684 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,161 that she had a sexual affair with the president. 685 00:30:38,181 --> 00:30:39,221 [Karen Tumulty] Hillary Clinton doesn't want 686 00:30:39,241 --> 00:30:40,221 to believe it happened. 687 00:30:41,130 --> 00:30:44,151 She says in private comments to her friends, 688 00:30:45,130 --> 00:30:48,130 you know, this young woman at the White House 689 00:30:48,151 --> 00:30:51,030 was sort of pursuing him. 690 00:30:51,161 --> 00:30:53,130 We can assume that's because that's the story 691 00:30:53,151 --> 00:30:55,050 Bill Clinton was telling her. 692 00:30:55,191 --> 00:30:57,080 [Bill Clinton] I want you listen to me. 693 00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:58,201 I'm going to say this again. 694 00:30:59,130 --> 00:31:03,130 I did not have sexual relations with that woman. 695 00:31:04,070 --> 00:31:05,140 [Patti Doyle] She was the one who said 696 00:31:05,161 --> 00:31:07,110 "These accusations aren't true, 697 00:31:07,130 --> 00:31:09,110 I love my husband, I believe him." 698 00:31:09,130 --> 00:31:10,221 -Thank you. -[applause] 699 00:31:10,241 --> 00:31:13,191 [laughs] "We're going to fight this," you know. 700 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:19,251 [reporter] Can you talk to us for a minute? 701 00:31:20,030 --> 00:31:21,060 Can you talk to us for a minute? 702 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,060 [narrator] Seven days later, 703 00:31:22,140 --> 00:31:23,201 Hillary breaks her silence 704 00:31:23,221 --> 00:31:26,161 with an interview on national television. 705 00:31:28,221 --> 00:31:30,140 [Melanne Verveer] I can't say I knew 706 00:31:30,161 --> 00:31:31,231 what she was going to say. 707 00:31:32,110 --> 00:31:35,100 Uh... She kept her counsel to herself. 708 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,171 -Mrs. Clinton, Good Morning. -Good Morning, Matt. 709 00:31:37,191 --> 00:31:39,080 [Karen Tumulty] All eyes are on Hillary. 710 00:31:39,161 --> 00:31:40,221 What is she going to do? 711 00:31:41,070 --> 00:31:43,040 Is she going to crumple? 712 00:31:43,060 --> 00:31:44,181 Is she going to lash out at him? 713 00:31:45,050 --> 00:31:48,201 From my perspective, this is part of the continuing... 714 00:31:49,060 --> 00:31:51,100 political campaign against my husband. 715 00:31:51,161 --> 00:31:54,120 The old impulse that this is really 716 00:31:54,211 --> 00:32:00,021 all about their enemies coming after them, yet again, kicks in. 717 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:05,021 And she utters the phrase that will stick to her forever. 718 00:32:05,110 --> 00:32:07,221 The great story here is this vast, 719 00:32:07,241 --> 00:32:10,241 right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring 720 00:32:11,021 --> 00:32:13,241 against my husband since the day he announced for president. 721 00:32:14,021 --> 00:32:17,191 All the product of a vast right-wing conspiracy. 722 00:32:18,030 --> 00:32:18,221 [reporter] 723 00:32:20,241 --> 00:32:23,201 It did not play well. It didn't play well at all. 724 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:25,090 I find it astonishing, 725 00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:26,151 this is the first, first lady 726 00:32:26,171 --> 00:32:27,130 who has come up with this theory. 727 00:32:27,191 --> 00:32:29,151 [man] She claims a conspiracy, 728 00:32:29,171 --> 00:32:30,241 rather than claiming the obvious, 729 00:32:31,021 --> 00:32:33,070 that her husband's done something wrong here. 730 00:32:33,201 --> 00:32:35,171 It was taken as if she was denying 731 00:32:35,191 --> 00:32:37,140 that Bill Clinton actually had a relationship 732 00:32:37,161 --> 00:32:40,080 with Monica Lewinsky and both things were true. 733 00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:41,251 He had the relationship with Monica Lewinsky 734 00:32:42,030 --> 00:32:44,040 and there was a vast right-wing conspiracy. 735 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,161 And without the conspiracy, 736 00:32:46,021 --> 00:32:48,120 Monica Lewinsky would never have been unearthed. 737 00:32:48,221 --> 00:32:50,130 So, I thought there was a lot of credibility 738 00:32:50,151 --> 00:32:51,161 to what she was saying, 739 00:32:51,251 --> 00:32:55,080 but at the time, it was received as delusional. 740 00:32:55,161 --> 00:32:57,140 [reporter] Clinton is returning to a familiar theme 741 00:32:57,161 --> 00:32:59,120 as she defends her husband. 742 00:32:59,140 --> 00:33:00,130 [reporter 2] They're out attacking 743 00:33:00,151 --> 00:33:01,181 and imaging some conspiracy.... 744 00:33:01,201 --> 00:33:03,021 [reporter 3] There is no such thing... 745 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,040 [narrator] Seven months after Hillary's defense 746 00:33:05,060 --> 00:33:06,021 of her husband... 747 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:07,040 [man] Five seconds... 748 00:33:07,161 --> 00:33:08,231 [narrator] ...the president addresses the nation. 749 00:33:10,201 --> 00:33:11,191 Good evening. 750 00:33:12,161 --> 00:33:14,251 In a deposition in January, I was asked questions 751 00:33:15,030 --> 00:33:17,191 about my relationship with Monica Lewinsky. 752 00:33:18,161 --> 00:33:20,211 Indeed, I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky 753 00:33:20,231 --> 00:33:24,201 that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong... 754 00:33:24,221 --> 00:33:26,231 [Kate Brower] When he finally admitted it to Hillary, 755 00:33:26,251 --> 00:33:29,140 it was the same day that he came clean 756 00:33:29,161 --> 00:33:31,241 to the whole country, which is kind of incredible... 757 00:33:32,090 --> 00:33:34,060 she was kept in the dark for that long. 758 00:33:34,140 --> 00:33:36,211 Thank you for watching, and goodnight. 759 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:42,030 [Susan Bordo] For Hillary that really did hit her in the gut. 760 00:33:42,050 --> 00:33:43,140 In the solar plexus. 761 00:33:44,110 --> 00:33:47,090 Hillary felt the full force of betrayal. 762 00:33:47,211 --> 00:33:50,080 She was really angry at her husband... 763 00:33:51,151 --> 00:33:55,040 angrier than I've seen her ever be. 764 00:33:59,140 --> 00:34:01,151 [Karen Tumulty] The scene that we all see 765 00:34:01,171 --> 00:34:04,040 as they walk across the White House lawn 766 00:34:04,161 --> 00:34:07,211 is their daughter, Chelsea, walking between them 767 00:34:08,060 --> 00:34:10,051 and holding their two hands. 768 00:34:10,220 --> 00:34:15,021 Literally holding this family together. 769 00:34:16,100 --> 00:34:18,051 [Patti Doyle] I do think that if she were not 770 00:34:18,140 --> 00:34:19,251 first lady of the United States, 771 00:34:20,031 --> 00:34:22,080 married to the president of the United States, 772 00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:23,060 she would have left him. 773 00:34:26,021 --> 00:34:29,040 [narrator] As her husband faces the humiliation of impeachment 774 00:34:29,060 --> 00:34:30,180 in his last year as president, 775 00:34:31,171 --> 00:34:34,051 Hillary considers her own political future. 776 00:34:34,240 --> 00:34:38,100 Come the day that the United States Senate... 777 00:34:38,251 --> 00:34:43,151 is voting on whether to convict Bill Clinton, 778 00:34:43,171 --> 00:34:46,231 who has been impeached, and throw him out of office, 779 00:34:47,171 --> 00:34:51,091 Hillary Clinton is going through "What would it take 780 00:34:51,211 --> 00:34:54,131 to run for the Senate in New York?" 781 00:34:54,151 --> 00:34:56,171 a state she had never lived in. 782 00:34:56,191 --> 00:34:58,191 [reporter] A lot of excitement behind the scenes. 783 00:34:58,211 --> 00:35:00,131 People are bubbling... 784 00:35:00,151 --> 00:35:01,200 [Lisa Muscatine] She went through this sort of, 785 00:35:01,220 --> 00:35:02,171 you know, back and forth... 786 00:35:03,060 --> 00:35:04,071 "Should I? Shouldn't I?" "Should I? Shouldn't I?" 787 00:35:04,091 --> 00:35:05,091 Sometimes it would depend 788 00:35:05,111 --> 00:35:06,140 on the last person she talked to. 789 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:10,040 The more I listened, the more excited I became 790 00:35:10,060 --> 00:35:13,251 about the possibilities of what could be done 791 00:35:14,031 --> 00:35:16,151 on behalf of the people of New York. 792 00:35:16,231 --> 00:35:20,031 I told her, "Don't. What are you doing? Why? 793 00:35:20,111 --> 00:35:21,220 Please don't do this, please!" 794 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,091 She had not had a very good relationship with the media 795 00:35:25,111 --> 00:35:26,171 up until that point, 796 00:35:26,191 --> 00:35:29,060 and I thought she was just going to get... 797 00:35:30,051 --> 00:35:31,060 massacred. 798 00:35:35,051 --> 00:35:38,051 [applause] 799 00:35:38,071 --> 00:35:40,100 I am honored, today... 800 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:45,151 to announce my candidacy for the United States Senate 801 00:35:45,171 --> 00:35:47,060 from New York. 802 00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:53,111 [narrator] Hillary becomes the only first lady ever 803 00:35:53,131 --> 00:35:55,021 to run for public office. 804 00:35:56,051 --> 00:35:58,171 It's an incredible moment in history. 805 00:35:59,211 --> 00:36:01,140 This is what she deserved. 806 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:07,240 She had put up with years of lies and fighting for Bill. 807 00:36:08,191 --> 00:36:10,211 Now she was going to get her due. 808 00:36:11,231 --> 00:36:14,131 [reporter] It is her first campaign tour ever 809 00:36:14,151 --> 00:36:15,171 on behalf of herself. 810 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,171 [Hillary Clinton] The energy in here is overwhelming. 811 00:36:19,051 --> 00:36:20,191 [narrator] Hillary invokes the memory 812 00:36:20,211 --> 00:36:24,071 of her Commencement Day speech from 1969. 813 00:36:26,060 --> 00:36:28,021 [Hillary Clinton] For 30 years I have believed, 814 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:31,220 that politics is the art of making possible, 815 00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:34,031 what appears to be impossible. 816 00:36:35,060 --> 00:36:36,111 [narrator] But Hillary is pursued 817 00:36:36,131 --> 00:36:38,200 by shadows of the recent past. 818 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:40,240 [laughs] 819 00:36:41,021 --> 00:36:42,051 Bye, everybody. 820 00:36:42,111 --> 00:36:45,040 [man] 821 00:36:48,021 --> 00:36:49,051 [TV news reporter] You've got a woman, 822 00:36:49,071 --> 00:36:51,071 nationally revered at the moment 823 00:36:51,091 --> 00:36:53,171 as the poor little lady who suffered so publicly 824 00:36:54,021 --> 00:36:56,240 from her husband's betrayal, but stood by him anyway. 825 00:36:57,021 --> 00:36:59,060 [Karen Tumulty] Her pollsters realize 826 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:02,091 that a lot of the people who are the most angry 827 00:37:02,111 --> 00:37:05,131 at Hillary Clinton for staying with Bill are other women. 828 00:37:05,151 --> 00:37:06,191 [chanting] Go home, Hillary! 829 00:37:06,211 --> 00:37:09,021 Upstate New York does not want Hillary! 830 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,191 [Melanne Verveer] So many people said to me, 831 00:37:10,211 --> 00:37:12,211 "Well, you know, she must just be doing this 832 00:37:12,231 --> 00:37:14,131 because of her own ambition. 833 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:16,160 Why else would she stay with him?" 834 00:37:17,031 --> 00:37:18,220 [Patti Doyle] Women were blaming her. 835 00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:20,251 And I was just stunned by it. 836 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:25,220 And I do think it is own form of sexism to blame the wife 837 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:30,051 for something... that her spouse did. 838 00:37:30,140 --> 00:37:34,091 So, she went from small living room 839 00:37:34,111 --> 00:37:35,200 to small living room, 840 00:37:35,220 --> 00:37:38,231 talking to women explaining her decision, 841 00:37:38,251 --> 00:37:40,191 explaining her marriage. 842 00:37:40,211 --> 00:37:42,040 And her answer was... 843 00:37:42,220 --> 00:37:45,100 everybody has to make these decisions 844 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:46,200 in their own lives. 845 00:37:48,051 --> 00:37:51,080 That she loved him, continues to... 846 00:37:51,251 --> 00:37:54,021 and that this was the best decision 847 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:55,211 for her and for her daughter. 848 00:37:56,111 --> 00:37:59,021 [reporter] The first lady of the United States of America 849 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:02,021 will become a senator from New York State. 850 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:03,231 [man] Safe to say, folks, we have written 851 00:38:03,251 --> 00:38:05,200 a new page in American political history. 852 00:38:06,031 --> 00:38:09,131 [Hilary Clinton] Sixty-two counties, 16 months, 853 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:13,040 three debates, two opponents, 854 00:38:13,111 --> 00:38:16,151 and six black pantsuits later. 855 00:38:16,171 --> 00:38:20,111 Because of you, here we are! 856 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,211 It was a spectacular moment for all of us. 857 00:38:25,231 --> 00:38:29,131 We were absolutely cheering. 858 00:38:29,151 --> 00:38:31,051 I told her not to do it. 859 00:38:31,071 --> 00:38:33,060 Thank God she didn't listen to me. 860 00:38:34,031 --> 00:38:35,180 I, Hillary Rodham Clinton... 861 00:38:36,171 --> 00:38:37,191 [narrator] Hillary Clinton's election 862 00:38:37,211 --> 00:38:39,120 to the Senate is historic. 863 00:38:40,091 --> 00:38:43,021 The days of “two for one” are over. 864 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,151 [Karen Tumulty] It was like his career was shutting down 865 00:38:49,171 --> 00:38:51,031 and hers was just beginning. 866 00:38:51,051 --> 00:38:53,031 I think that was really liberating for her 867 00:38:53,051 --> 00:38:54,200 to leave the White House, actually. 868 00:38:55,080 --> 00:39:00,031 She went on to do so much good in that role. 869 00:39:00,051 --> 00:39:01,021 Hi! 870 00:39:01,151 --> 00:39:02,251 [Gaily Sheehy] Republican congressmen expected her 871 00:39:03,031 --> 00:39:04,151 to just lord it over them. 872 00:39:04,171 --> 00:39:06,131 Has to be a government-wide effort. 873 00:39:06,151 --> 00:39:09,021 [Gaily Sheehy] No, what she did was use her celebrity 874 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:12,021 to shine on their legislation. 875 00:39:13,031 --> 00:39:15,091 [narrator] After eight years as Senator of New York... 876 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:16,171 [Hillary Clinton] Thank you, Robert. 877 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,160 You know, I successfully avoided this room for eight years. 878 00:39:19,180 --> 00:39:20,251 [laughter] 879 00:39:21,031 --> 00:39:22,180 [narrator] ...Hillary becomes Barack Obama's 880 00:39:22,251 --> 00:39:23,191 Secretary of State. 881 00:39:24,111 --> 00:39:27,240 By 2016, there's only one place left to go. 882 00:39:28,021 --> 00:39:29,200 [cheering and applause] 883 00:39:30,031 --> 00:39:32,071 [Hillary Clinton] We've reached a milestone. 884 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,251 The first time in our nation's history... 885 00:39:36,220 --> 00:39:40,080 that a woman will be a major party's nominee... 886 00:39:41,060 --> 00:39:42,251 [narrator] But when Hillary makes a bid 887 00:39:43,071 --> 00:39:45,060 for the highest office in the land... 888 00:39:45,191 --> 00:39:47,120 She's a very unlikeable candidate. 889 00:39:47,140 --> 00:39:49,231 [narrator] ...she once again finds herself under attack. 890 00:39:50,111 --> 00:39:53,171 She is not charismatic, she is not likeable... 891 00:39:53,191 --> 00:39:55,071 To me there was a direct line 892 00:39:55,091 --> 00:39:58,171 of everything you'd heard for ten, 20, 30 years. 893 00:39:59,021 --> 00:40:01,120 Years and years of right-wing attack. 894 00:40:01,180 --> 00:40:02,240 Let's get to the controversy 895 00:40:03,021 --> 00:40:05,191 now surrounding Hillary Clinton and her emails. 896 00:40:05,211 --> 00:40:06,220 There was a total double standard. 897 00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:10,220 The negative coverage of Hillary was off the charts, 898 00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:13,200 and that's the image that Trump picked up. 899 00:40:13,220 --> 00:40:15,140 Crooked Hillary. Crooked Hillary. 900 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:18,240 They got away with perpetrating this false image of Hillary. 901 00:40:19,021 --> 00:40:21,200 Breaking news, the FBI's assessment 902 00:40:21,220 --> 00:40:23,051 that there should be no charges. 903 00:40:23,071 --> 00:40:25,021 [Patti Doyle] The most experienced, 904 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,171 the most qualified person 905 00:40:27,191 --> 00:40:31,021 to ever run for the presidency, who happened to be a woman, 906 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:34,131 ran against the least qualified, 907 00:40:34,151 --> 00:40:36,111 the least experienced person 908 00:40:36,191 --> 00:40:40,021 ever to run for the presidency, who happened to be a man. 909 00:40:41,021 --> 00:40:43,091 [man] Donald Trump wins the presidency. 910 00:40:43,191 --> 00:40:45,100 [Patti Doyle] And the man won... 911 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:52,140 If that isn't blatant sexism in this country, 912 00:40:53,031 --> 00:40:54,111 I don't what else is. 913 00:40:57,031 --> 00:40:58,220 [narrator] It's a shocking defeat. 914 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,180 More Americans vote for Hillary Clinton 915 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:02,240 than any other losing 916 00:41:03,021 --> 00:41:05,031 presidential candidate in history. 917 00:41:06,180 --> 00:41:08,180 [Lissa Muscatine] She is one of the most important women 918 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:09,240 in our nation's history. 919 00:41:11,021 --> 00:41:15,120 She helped move the ball forward in unbelievable ways 920 00:41:15,140 --> 00:41:17,060 against incredible odds. 921 00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,200 I know we have still not shattered 922 00:41:20,071 --> 00:41:22,251 that highest and hardest glass ceiling. 923 00:41:23,031 --> 00:41:25,091 But someday someone will, 924 00:41:25,111 --> 00:41:28,151 and, hopefully, sooner than we might think right now. 925 00:41:28,171 --> 00:41:31,080 [Gail Sheehy] Hillary Clinton planted the seeds for that. 926 00:41:32,021 --> 00:41:33,200 She just was as always, 927 00:41:34,051 --> 00:41:36,031 ten or 15 years ahead of her time. 928 00:41:36,131 --> 00:41:38,231 [Patti Doyle] Hillary was a trailblazer. 929 00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:40,240 [chanting] Hillary! Hillary! Hillary! 930 00:41:41,021 --> 00:41:42,071 [Patti Doyle] She blew up the idea 931 00:41:42,091 --> 00:41:45,021 of what a first lady is supposed to be. 932 00:41:45,231 --> 00:41:48,191 The impact that she's made goes beyond 933 00:41:48,211 --> 00:41:50,160 what a president could have done. 934 00:41:52,071 --> 00:41:53,251 [Hillary Clinton] And to all the little girls 935 00:41:54,031 --> 00:41:55,251 who are watching this... 936 00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,171 never doubt that you are valuable... 937 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:05,071 and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity 938 00:42:05,091 --> 00:42:10,051 in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.