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138-462: The book was promoted partly in light of the possibility of a Clinton bid in the 2016 presidential election (in which, two years after the release of the book, she would go on to win the Democratic nomination and then lose to Donald Trump in the general election ). Excerpts from the book were released in advance of its publication. Clinton staged an extensive promotional tour for the book, which had

276-551: A contested convention , both Cruz and Kasich suspended their campaigns. Trump remained the only active candidate and was declared the presumptive Republican nominee by Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on the evening of May 3, 2016. A 2018 study found that media coverage of Trump led to increased public support for him during the primaries. The study showed that Trump received nearly $ 2 billion in free media, more than double any other candidate. Political scientist John M. Sides argued that Trump's polling surge

414-482: A " basket of deplorables ", bigots, and extremists, and advocated the expansion of president Barack Obama's policies , racial , LGBT , and women's rights , and inclusive capitalism . The tone of the general election campaign was widely characterized as divisive, negative, and troubling. Trump faced controversy over his views on race and immigration , incidents of violence against protesters at his rallies, and numerous sexual misconduct allegations including

552-556: A 90 percent chance of winning. On Election Day, Trump over-performed his polls, winning several key swing states, while losing the popular vote by 2.87 million votes. Trump received the majority in the Electoral College and won upset victories in the Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states of Michigan , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin . The pivotal victory in this region, which Trump won by fewer than 80,000 votes in

690-424: A Secretary at War , the recent account by Robert Gates , Clinton's cabinet colleague as Secretary of Defense. Dickerson added, "Clinton's account is the low-salt, low-fat, low-calorie offering with vanilla pudding as the dessert. She goes on at great length, but not great depth." Michael Scherer of Time magazine declared, "This is a campaign book, written by a candidate (via her speechwriters), processed through

828-647: A campaign". Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee had an intern go around greeting attendees in a large orange squirrel suit. It wore a shirt with the message "Another Clinton in the White House is Nuts" and was accompanied by other staffers handing out sheets with anti-Clinton talking points. During one promotional appearance in Washington, D.C., Clinton went up to the orange figure and said, "Hello, Mr. Squirrel, how are you? I wanted you to get you

966-616: A charge Danielczyk denied. The Clinton campaign returned that donation, and said: "These allegations are troubling and we will again ask each of the individuals solicited by Mr. Danielczyk to affirm that their contributions were given with their own funds." In October 2007, an article in the Los Angeles Times stated that, "Dishwashers, waiters and others whose jobs and dilapidated home addresses seem to make them unpromising targets for political fundraisers are pouring $ 1,000 and $ 2,000 contributions into Clinton's campaign treasury. In April,

1104-626: A copy of my book," adding, "you bring a smile to a lot of people's faces." The copy she gave the squirrel was inscribed, "Squirrel – Please make a hard choice and read my book! Hillary". In early July, Clinton went to Europe to stage promotional appearances for the book, visiting England, Germany, and France. Book signings back in the U.S. continued for the rest of that month. The length of the promotional tour recalled her heavy travel schedule as Secretary of State, and largely put to rest questions about her health that had circulated among some since her concussion and blood clot treatment in late 2012. While

1242-896: A family issue." Donald Trump's campaign drew heavily on his personal image, enhanced by his previous media exposure. The primary slogan of the Trump campaign, extensively used on campaign merchandise, was Make America Great Again . The red baseball cap with the slogan emblazoned on the front became a symbol of the campaign and has been frequently donned by Trump and his supporters. Trump's right-wing populist positions—reported by The New Yorker to be nativist , protectionist , and semi- isolationist —differ in many ways from traditional U.S. conservatism . He opposed many free trade deals and military interventionist policies that conservatives generally support, and opposed cuts in Medicare and Social Security benefits . Moreover, he has insisted that Washington

1380-516: A large margin in South Carolina . On Super Tuesday , Clinton won the most populous states, including California and New York, while Obama won more states total. The two earned a nearly equal number of delegates and a nearly equal share of the total popular vote. Clinton then lost the next 12 caucuses and primaries to Obama, and lost the overall delegate lead to him for the first time. After an increasingly aggressive round of campaigning, Clinton broke

1518-510: A little over 340,000 units. Simon & Schuster viewed international and foreign language sales as key to the book's potential for success. On its initial release date of June 10, it was published in Canada, Great Britain, Australia, India, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. A Spanish language translation, Decisiones difíciles , was released on June 24 in the U.S. Altogether, foreign rights to

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1656-514: A major gala fundraising event featuring music legend Quincy Jones . On August 28, 2007, The Wall Street Journal reported that Hsu may have engaged in improper actions during the collection of "bundled" campaign contribution. The Clinton campaign rose to Hsu's defense, saying "Norman Hsu is a longtime and generous supporter of the Democratic party and its candidates, including Senator Clinton. During Mr. Hsu's many years of active participation in

1794-441: A political machine, and delivered to the public with the contradictory goals of depicting the author as a decisive leader and not betraying any evidence of leadership that would turn a voter off." Ed Pilkington of The Guardian wrote that it was a less overt campaign manifesto than Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope had been in 2006, but "still manages to adroitly position Clinton for a 2016 presidential bid." Peter Baker of

1932-745: A political party's nominating convention , who in turn elected their party's presidential nominee. Speculation about the 2016 campaign began almost immediately following the 2012 campaign, with New York magazine declaring that the race had begun in an article published on November 8, two days after the 2012 election. On the same day, Politico released an article predicting that the 2016 general election would be between Clinton and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush , while an article in The New York Times named New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Senator Cory Booker from New Jersey as potential candidates. With seventeen major candidates entering

2070-524: A post on her website. In a statement on her website, she left no doubt that she had decided to run: "I'm in. And I'm in to win." She filed the official paperwork for an exploratory committee. Clinton's campaign was run by a team of advisers and political operatives. Patti Solis Doyle was the first female Hispanic to manage a presidential campaign, which she did from its inception. Deputy campaign manager Mike Henry had managed Tim Kaine 's successful campaign for Governor of Virginia in 2005 and coordinated

2208-529: A report filed at the beginning of 2013, showing in fact a $ 205,000 surplus, just as Clinton was about to end her tenure as Secretary of State. Norman Hsu was a businessman with a background in the apparel industry . By 2007 he was a prominent fundraiser for the Clinton campaign, having achieved HillRaiser status, having co-hosted a $ 1 million fundraiser at wealthy Democratic Party supporter Ron Burkle 's Beverly Hills estate, and having been scheduled to co-host

2346-421: A senior adviser, traveling with Clinton. Although Solis Doyle claimed the unanticipated length of the primary campaign led to her to resign the post, campaign insiders confirmed that she was ousted. Solis Doyle had survived three previous efforts to oust her. Maggie Williams was appointed campaign manager; she had been Clinton's chief of staff at the White House. In January, Williams had been brought in on

2484-411: A single fundraiser in an area long known for its gritty urban poverty yielded a whopping $ 380,000." . The Times further stated, "At this point in the presidential campaign cycle, Clinton has raised more money than any candidate in history. Those dishwashers, waiters and street stall hawkers are part of the reason. And Clinton's success in gathering money from Chinatown's least-affluent residents stems from

2622-530: A subtle, finely calibrated work that provides a portrait of the former secretary of state and former first lady as a heavy-duty policy wonk." David Ignatius , writing in The Washington Post , said the memoir "begins and ends in the empty voice of a campaign speech. But in between, it contains a clear and at times riveting account of Hillary Rodham Clinton's four years as secretary of state." Robin Abcarian of

2760-590: A thirty-day assignment as a senior advisor, and had demanded clarity in the chain of command with the authority to settle internal strategy and policy disputes, threatening to leave the campaign. Within the next few days, Deputy Campaign Manager Mike Henry also stepped down, as did two top staff members for her web-based operations. In two in-depth accounts by Joshua Green in The Atlantic , he attributed Solis Doyle's downfall to her failure to manage campaign spending, her inability to prevent factional disputes within

2898-406: A torturous experience." In spite of this, Crowley measured the press corps as giving Clinton "strikingly positive coverage". By December 2007, the Clinton campaign charged that Obama's campaign was getting much more favorable media treatment than their own, especially once their campaign began faltering. Washington Post media analyst Howard Kurtz found a number of journalists who agreed with

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3036-476: A two-pronged strategy: mutually beneficial alliances with powerful groups, and appeals to the hopes and dreams of people now consigned to the margins." . The New York Post reported similar findings. The Washington Post editorialized that reports such as these appear "to be another instance in which a Clinton campaign's zeal for campaign cash overwhelms its judgment," comparing it to the 1996 Clinton-Gore finance controversy of her husband. In December 2007,

3174-837: Is "broken" and can be fixed only by an outsider. Support for Trump was high among working and middle-class white male voters with annual incomes of less than $ 50,000 and no college degree . This group, particularly those without a high-school diploma , suffered a decline in their income in recent years. According to The Washington Post , support for Trump is higher in areas with a higher mortality rate for middle-aged white people. A sample of interviews with more than 11,000 Republican-leaning respondents from August to December 2015 found that Trump at that time found his strongest support among Republicans in West Virginia , followed by New York , and then followed by six Southern states. Clinton had an uneasy—and, at times, adversarial—relationship with

3312-687: Is also the wife of former President Bill Clinton . Clinton was the source of much media speculation since having expressed interest in being a candidate in the 2008 presidential election since at least October 2002. Following her announcement of an exploratory committee and candidacy filing on January 20, 2007, with the FEC, she began fundraising and campaigning activities. For several months Clinton led opinion polls among Democratic candidates by substantial margins until Senator Barack Obama pulled close to or even with her. Clinton then regained her polling lead, winning many polls by double digits; by autumn 2007 she

3450-421: Is on the U.S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations . In February 2008, Clinton's foreign policy adviser, Andrew Shapiro, announced that the Clinton campaign had returned the T.R.O. donations after complaints of impropriety given the outlawed T.R.O.'s terrorist links A February 13, 2008, NPR article stated (with regard to mailing lists) that "Last year, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton took

3588-524: The Access Hollywood tape . Clinton's popularity and public image were tarnished by concerns about her ethics and trustworthiness, and a controversy and subsequent FBI investigation regarding her improper use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state, which received more media coverage than any other topic during the campaign. Clinton led in almost every nationwide and swing-state poll, with some predictive models giving Clinton over

3726-455: The Los Angeles Times assessed it as "a richly detailed and compelling chronicle of Clinton's role in the foreign initiatives and crises that defined the first term of the Obama administration ... told from the point of view of a policy wonk." John Dickerson of Slate magazine characterized it as "a risk-free telling of Clinton's world travels" and compared it unfavorably to Duty: Memoirs of

3864-608: The New York Times Book Review compared it somewhat unfavorably with former State Secretary Dean Acheson 's 1969 memoir, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department , concluding his review by alluding to Clinton's possible presidential aspirations by saying that "Acheson won a Pulitzer Prize for his memoir. Clinton seems to have a bigger prize in mind." By the time of the book's publication, it

4002-559: The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy . Clinton said the Hsu revelations were "a big surprise to everybody." She added that, "When you have as many contributors as I’m fortunate enough to have, we do the very best job we can based on the information available to us to make appropriate vetting decisions." On September 5, Hsu failed to appear for a court hearing and became a fugitive again. The Clinton campaign said, "We believe that Mr. Hsu, like any individual who has obligations before

4140-679: The 2016 Democratic National Convention , which took place July 25–28, formally nominated the Democratic ticket. Third party and independent candidates who obtained more than 100,000 votes nationally or on ballot in at least 15 states are listed separately. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Ballot access to all 538 electoral votes Nominees Ballot access to 480 electoral votes ( 522 with write-in ): map Nominees Ballot access to 207 electoral votes ( 451 with write-in ): map Nominees 2016 Constitution Party ticket Ballot access to 84 electoral votes ( 451 with write-in ): map In some states, Evan McMullin's running mate

4278-428: The 2016 presidential election , Clinton would go on to become the Democratic presidential nominee, but was defeated by Republican nominee Donald Trump , who endorsed her in the 2008 primaries. In July 2005, the magazine Washington Monthly ran two side-by-side articles debating the pros and cons of a potential Clinton candidacy. Clinton announced formation of her exploratory committee on January 20, 2007, with

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4416-644: The Affordable Care Act . In March 2016, she laid out a detailed economic plan basing her economic philosophy on inclusive capitalism , which proposed a "clawback" that rescinds tax cuts and other benefits for companies that move jobs overseas; with provision of incentives for companies that share profits with employees, communities and the environment, rather than focusing on short-term profits to increase stock value and rewarding shareholders; as well as increasing collective bargaining rights; and placing an "exit tax" on companies that move their headquarters out of

4554-638: The Guam caucus and Kentucky primary (and also non-binding primaries in Nebraska and Washington). On June 4 and 5, Clinton won two victories in the Virgin Islands caucus and Puerto Rico primary . On June 6, 2016, the Associated Press and NBC News reported that Clinton had become the presumptive nominee after reaching the required number of delegates, including pledged delegates and superdelegates , to secure

4692-758: The Louisiana primary with 71% of the vote. On March 8, despite never having a lead in the Michigan primary , Sanders won by a small margin of 1.5 points and outperforming polls by over 19 points, while Clinton won 83% of the vote in Mississippi . On March 15, the second "Super Tuesday", Clinton won in Florida , Illinois , Missouri , North Carolina , and Ohio . Between March 22 and April 9, Sanders won six caucuses in Idaho , Utah , Alaska , Hawaii , Washington , and Wyoming , as well as

4830-480: The Monica Lewinsky scandal . "I thought it was an unexceptional statement," he said. These comments, among others, led Media Matters to launch a campaign against him and his remarks. In a January 14 New York Times / CBS News poll, 51 percent of Democratic primary voters said the media had been harder on Clinton than on the other candidates (with especially women indicating so), while 12 percent said

4968-723: The Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy found that Clinton had received the most media coverage of any of the 2008 presidential candidates, being the subject of 17 percent of all stories. The study found that 27 percent of the stories had a favorable tone towards her, 38 percent had an unfavorable tone, with the balance neutral. A November 12, 2007 assessment by Michael Crowley of The New Republic of relations between

5106-859: The Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence and the Canada Free Press reported that one of Clinton's fundraisers in New Jersey , a U.S. resident who was associated with a December 12 fundraising event at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey , was also a fundraiser for the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization, which the U.S. government has determined is a front organization for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , which

5244-512: The Times Best Seller list. In the fourth week, sales declined again and the book surrendered the top spot on the Times Best Seller list to Edward Klein 's Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas , a lurid and lightly sourced account of purported rivalries between the two couples and within each marriage. By this point, Hard Choices had sold some 177,000 physical copies. By the end of July,

5382-532: The United States on November 8, 2016. The Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket of former secretary of state and former first lady Hillary Clinton and Virginia junior senator Tim Kaine , in what was considered one of the biggest political upsets in American history. It was the fifth and most recent presidential election in which

5520-783: The Wisconsin primary , while Clinton won the Arizona primary . On April 19, Clinton won the New York primary with 58% of the vote. On April 26, in the third "Super Tuesday" dubbed the "Acela primary", she won contests in Connecticut , Delaware , Maryland , and Pennsylvania , while Sanders won in Rhode Island . Over the course of May, Sanders accomplished another surprise win in the Indiana primary and also won in West Virginia and Oregon , while Clinton won

5658-490: The winning candidate lost the popular vote . It was also the sixth and most recent presidential election in U.S. history in which both major party candidates were registered in the same home state; the others have been in 1860 , 1904 , 1920 , 1940 , and 1944 . Incumbent Democratic president Barack Obama was ineligible to pursue a third term due to the term limits established by the Twenty-second Amendment to

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5796-504: The $ 23,000 that Hsu personally contributed to her presidential campaign, her Senate re-election and her political action committee. The campaign said it did not plan to give away funds that Hsu had collected from other donors. Although Hsu had donated to other Democratic candidates, scrutiny was focused on the Clinton campaign, with mainstream press reports asking why the campaign had been unable to take steps to discover Hsu's past. and speculating that opponents would liken developments to

5934-470: The Chinese government for printing material that was too politically sensitive, such as the chapter-length coverage of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng and Clinton's generally critical comments about the Chinese government. The paperback version of Hard Choices followed the hardcover and was released on April 28, 2015, two weeks after the announcement of her 2016 presidential campaign . The new epilogue from

6072-439: The Clinton campaign and the press found that regarding published stories, "the Clinton media machine [is] hyper-vigilant [and that] that no detail or editorial spin is too minor to draw a rebuke." The Clinton camp was also reported to engage in retribution regarding stories they did not like, complaining to reporters' editors or withholding access in other areas: "Even seasoned political journalists describe reporting on Hillary as

6210-500: The Clinton campaign that Hsu was running an illicit enterprise, and that both officials and the Clinton campaign had been non-responsive. A California Democratic Party query at the time in June was responded to by the Clinton campaign's western finance director: "I can tell you with 100 certainty that Norman Hsu is not involved in a ponzi scheme. He is completely legit." The campaign later said it had further looked at Hsu's public records at

6348-486: The Colombian ambassador, not as Clinton's adviser but as CEO of his P.R. firm, though he admitted the subject of the meeting was the trade bill. Penn was replaced with Geoff Garin , a respected pollster, who became the chief strategist. He was slated to continue work for the campaign via his polling firm. In January 2007 Clinton announced that she would forgo public financing for both the primary and general elections due to

6486-550: The Democratic advertising efforts for the Senate elections of 2006. Mark Penn , CEO of PR firm Burson-Marsteller and president of polling company Penn, Schoen & Berland was described as Clinton's "strategic genius" in a role likened to that which Karl Rove played in George W. Bush 's campaigns. Howard Wolfson, a veteran of New York politics, served as the campaign spokesperson. Evelyn S. Lieberman , who worked for Clinton when she

6624-507: The Democratic and Republican parties, as well as third parties such as the Green and Libertarian parties, held a series of presidential primary elections and caucuses that took place between February and June 2016, staggered among the 50 states, the District of Columbia , and U.S. territories . This nominating process was also an indirect election, where voters cast ballots for a slate of delegates to

6762-550: The Democratic nomination. September 2015 polling numbers indicated a narrowing gap between Clinton and Sanders. On May 30, 2015, former governor of Maryland Martin O'Malley was the third major candidate to enter the Democratic primary race, followed by former independent governor and Republican senator of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee on June 3, 2015, former Virginia senator Jim Webb on July 2, 2015, and former Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig on September 6, 2015. On October 20, 2015, Webb announced his withdrawal from

6900-476: The House Newt Gingrich from Georgia , Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, and Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin . A June 30 report from The Washington Post also included Senators Bob Corker from Tennessee, Richard Burr from North Carolina , Tom Cotton from Arkansas, Joni Ernst from Iowa, and Indiana governor Mike Pence as individuals still being considered for the ticket. Trump also said he

7038-776: The Middle East and the Arab Spring , Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Russia. Special attention is given to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and her relations with Egyptian President and longtime personal friend Hosni Mubarak . Clinton sometimes delves into disagreements within the Obama administration and where she stood, such as her losing the argument to arm moderate elements of the Syrian opposition . In many other cases, however, she does not, saying such discussions "will remain private to honor

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7176-427: The Obama administration, but were considerably less than they had been in the comparable period for Clinton's first memoir Living History . The publisher explained this as partly due to the differing contents of the two memoirs and partly due to the declining market for physical, nonfiction books over the decade between the two. In any case, Simon & Schuster was unlikely to make back Clinton's advance or to sell all

7314-670: The Trump campaign began in May 2017, and ended in March 2019. The investigation concluded that Russian interference in favor of Trump's candidacy occurred "in sweeping and systematic fashion" but it "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government". Article Two of the Constitution of United States provides that the President and Vice President of

7452-883: The U.S. Constitution . Clinton secured the nomination over U.S. senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary and became the first female presidential nominee of a major American political party. Initially considered a novelty candidate , Trump emerged as the Republican front-runner , defeating several notable opponents, including U.S. senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio , as well as governors John Kasich and Jeb Bush . Trump's right-wing populist , nationalist campaign, which promised to " Make America Great Again " and opposed political correctness , illegal immigration , and many United States free-trade agreements , garnered extensive free media coverage due to Trump's inflammatory comments. Clinton emphasized her extensive political experience, denounced Trump and many of his supporters as

7590-452: The U.S. in order to pay a lower tax rate overseas. Clinton promoted equal pay for equal work to address current alleged shortfalls in how much women are paid to do the same jobs men do, promoted explicitly focus on family issues and support of universal preschool , expressed support for the right to same-sex marriage , and proposed allowing undocumented immigrants to have a path to citizenship stating that it "[i]s at its heart

7728-605: The United States and Canada began on June 10 with a book signing at a Barnes & Noble store in New York that attracted over a thousand people. Other events, sometimes multiple per day, included a public discussion forum in Chicago with Mayor Rahm Emanuel , a former Clinton administration aide. When signing books, she just wrote "Hillary"; no signing of personal items or extra messages were allowed. Clinton's longtime aide Huma Abedin

7866-423: The United States must be natural-born citizens of the United States, at least 35 years old, and residents of the United States for a period of at least 14 years. Candidates for the presidency typically seek the nomination of one of the political parties, in which case each party devises a method (such as a primary election ) to choose the candidate the party deems best suited to run for the position. Traditionally,

8004-492: The air of a political campaign with groups both for and against her appearing at book-signing events. Hard Choices reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List , but sold considerably less than her 2003 memoir, Living History . Interpreting what sales of the book meant for her possible political future became a subject for discussion among interested parties. Clinton's last day as Secretary of State

8142-475: The amount for an expected general election race rather than the primary season. In the fourth quarter of 2007, Clinton raised approximately $ 20 million, bringing her total for the year to more than $ 100 million. This equaled the amount raised by Obama in the quarter, and was also similar to what Republican fundraising Ron Paul garnered during the quarter. During January 2008, Clinton raised $ 13.5 million. This paled in comparison to Obama's $ 32 million for

8280-457: The announcement the following day in New York. On July 19, the second night of the 2016 Republican National Convention , Pence won the Republican vice presidential nomination by acclamation. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton , who also served in the U.S. Senate and was the first lady of the United States , became the first Democrat in the field to formally launch a major candidacy for

8418-456: The appearances and the news coverage of some of her statements during the tour exposed some of Clinton's strengths and weaknesses as a public figure, they did not change Clinton's poll approval numbers. Initial reviews for Hard Choices were generally mixed to favorable. Writing for The New York Times , longtime book critic Michiko Kakutani said that the volume is better than Clinton's previous memoir and that Hard Choices "turns out to be

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8556-513: The ballot box. Following a sizable victory for Trump in the New Hampshire primary , Christie, Fiorina, and Gilmore abandoned the race. Bush followed suit after scoring fourth place to Trump, Rubio, and Cruz in South Carolina . On March 1, 2016, the first of four " Super Tuesday " primaries, Rubio won his first contest in Minnesota, Cruz won Alaska, Oklahoma, and his home state of Texas, and Trump won

8694-478: The ballot in the 2008 Michigan Democratic primary ; had all of the "Uncommitted" votes in the Michigan primary been counted as votes for Obama, Obama would have very narrowly won the popular vote as well). In the general election, Barack Obama defeated Senator and Republican nominee John McCain of Arizona , and nominated Clinton as the 67th Secretary of State , an office in which she served until February 2013. In

8832-624: The beginning of his campaign through February 2016, Trump received almost $ 2 billion in free media attention, twice the amount that Clinton received. According to data from the Tyndall Report , which tracks nightly news content, through February 2016, Trump alone accounted for more than a quarter of all 2016 election coverage on the evening newscasts of NBC , CBS and ABC , more than all the Democratic campaigns combined. Observers noted Trump's ability to garner constant mainstream media coverage "almost at will." However, Trump frequently criticized

8970-550: The book had sold about 250,000 copies overall, including an estimate for e-book sales. In all, it spent twelve weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, nine of them in the top five. Whether sales for the book were living up to expectations, or indicated a lack of public interest in hearing from Clinton, became an immediate subject for public relations and political spin from interested parties. Its sales were better than those of memoirs by other former members of

9108-539: The book were sold in sixteen countries. While also available in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Hard Choices was effectively banned in mainland China as publishers there declined to purchase either the translation or English-language distribution rights for the book. Although Chinese publishers did not offer a specific reason for declining to buy the book, Simon & Schuster asserted that the ban was politically motivated as import agencies and publishers were fearful of retaliation by

9246-412: The book, such as Clinton's description to Sawyer of her and Bill's financial state as they left the White House ("dead broke") and an exchange with NPR 's Terry Gross on Clinton's evolving views on same-sex marriage . A later, unannounced appearance on The Colbert Report earned her some positive notices for a comic touch in her mock exchanges with host Stephen Colbert . A promotional book tour in

9384-438: The book. Compared to recent books published by the many 2016 Republican presidential candidates , her sales were well short of Ben Carson 's One Nation: What We Can All Do To Save America's Future , but were well ahead of those of any of the others, with only the combined sales of a pair of books by Donald Trump coming close. By late November 2015, counting both print and e-books, Time magazine said Hard Choices had sold

9522-457: The books came out early. The first was in early May 2014, when Vogue published an excerpt in celebration of Mother's Day that was about and dedicated to Clinton's mother Dorothy Rodham , who had died during Clinton's time as secretary. Simon & Schuster released an Author's Note explaining some of Clinton's perspectives on the book. A video appeared on the book's Facebook page the following day. A cover appearance on People magazine

9660-419: The campaign, and her not recognizing Obama's candidacy as a serious threat earlier. Henry's departure was expected, as Solis Doyle had originally brought him in to the campaign. Chief campaign strategist Mark Penn resigned on April 6, 2008, amid controversy surrounding his work with the Colombian government and the free trade bill opposed by many big unions. Penn resigned after news surfaced he had met with

9798-483: The campaign." In doing so, the Clinton camp set a precedent for how campaigns should deal with potential "bundling" scandals. The campaign also announced it would put into place tougher procedures for vetting major contributors, including running criminal background checks . Hsu-raised bundles had also gone to Clinton's political action committee and to her 2006 Senate re-election campaign ; Clinton officials were undecided regarding what to do with those funds. In

9936-472: The claim, with Mark Halperin , Time magazine's editor-at-large for political news, saying, "Your typical reporter has a thinly disguised preference that Barack Obama be the nominee. The narrative of him beating her is better than her beating him, in part because she's a Clinton and in part because he's a young African American. ... There's no one rooting for her to come back." After Clinton's loss in Iowa and in

10074-488: The code of confidentiality that should exist between a president and his Secretary of State, especially while he is still in office." A chapter of the book dealing with the 2012 Benghazi attack – in which the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya , was attacked, resulting in the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to that country , J. Christopher Stevens , and three other Americans – was leaked to Politico . It reiterates

10212-463: The conclusion of the primary process, Clinton had won 2,204 pledged delegates (54% of the total) awarded by the primary elections and caucuses, while Sanders had won 1,847 (46%). Out of the 714 unpledged delegates or "superdelegates" who were set to vote in the convention in July , Clinton received endorsements from 560 (78%), while Sanders received 47 (7%). Although Sanders had not formally dropped out of

10350-475: The copies it had shipped. Politico termed the book's sales "a solid figure in a depleted publishing industry but far from the juggernaut her backers hoped for." The book continued to accumulate sales into the year following its publication. By March 2015, Nielsen BookScan had it selling 264,000 copies, and figure that rose to 280,000 copies by July 2015 and 292,200 copies by March 2016. By mid-2015, Clinton had earned more than $ 5 million in royalties from

10488-462: The court, should be meeting them, and he should do so now." Hsu was recaptured less than 48 hours later. By September 10, newspaper reports indicated that the FBI was looking into the legitimacy of an investment pool that Hsu had been running at the time of his large-scale contributing. Moreover, Irvine, California businessman Jack Cassidy said he had, as early as June 2007, tried to warn authorities and

10626-658: The debt, but noted that "The money continues to come in strongly" and that the campaign would be paying off the debts. Clinton left the race with $ 22.5 million in debt, at least $ 11.4 million of which came from her own pocket. By the conclusion of the election cycle in November 2008, Clinton's campaign was severely in debt; she owed millions of dollars to outside vendors and wrote off the $ 13 million that she lent it herself. She continued to raise funds, but then her January 2009 confirmation as U.S. Secretary of State prevented her from doing any political fundraising herself. During

10764-708: The director of scheduling and long-term planning, Phil Singer the deputy communications director, Leecia Eve a senior policy advisor, Nathaniel Pearlman the chief technology officer, and Minyon Moore a senior policy advisor. Other campaign workers also date from the " Hillaryland " team of the White House years. Other advisers and supporters included former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright , Richard Holbrooke , Sandy Berger , Wesley Clark , former Rep. and vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro , former Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley , and former Secretary of Defense William Perry . Less well-known but key region and subject specialists were

10902-650: The disappointment of her 2008 loss, and for the first time fully recants her 2002 vote on the Iraq War Resolution that cost her in that campaign, writing that "I thought I had acted in good faith and made the best decision I could with the information I had. And I wasn't alone in getting it wrong. But I still got it wrong. Plain and simple." The book concludes with some general thoughts about her visions for America going forward, but it shed no light on whether she would run for president in 2016, saying only, "[t]he time for another hard choice will come soon." Excerpts of

11040-643: The donor swears the money is their own. Clinton herself affirmed this position: "I believe that the vast majority of those two-hundred-plus donors are perfectly capable of making up their own minds." The political watchdog organization Judicial Watch said it would try to get the U.S. Justice Department and the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate the Hsu matter. Clinton aides stressed that Hsu had never received favorable treatment from her: "The Senate office had no official contact with him, and undertook no actions on his behalf." Clinton herself called

11178-455: The explanations for what happened that Clinton and her supporters had previously made. Clinton also delves into some personal aspects of her life and career, including getting past any hard feelings towards Obama from her 2008 presidential campaign , events in her family including her daughter Chelsea Clinton 's wedding, and glimpses of personal interaction with citizens of other countries during her travels as secretary. The book also addresses

11316-584: The expression hellraiser ) and were asked to raise as much as $ 1 million each. Elton John raised $ 2.5 million in a benefit concert for Clinton at Radio City Music Hall , on April 9. By August 2007, there were 233 HillRaisers. They included Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. , Steven Rattner , New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine , U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein , John Grisham , Magic Johnson , Ronald Perelman , Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell , Steven Spielberg and many others. In late August 2007, HillRaiser Norman Hsu came into considerable negative publicity when it

11454-404: The financial terms of any advance or royalties were not publicly disclosed. The New York Post reported "industry speculation" as saying that her advance could be as high as $ 14 million. Although not confirmed, that figure has been repeated by some other news sources. From the beginning, the book was partly seen in the light of a possible Clinton bid for the 2016 presidential election . Clinton

11592-465: The first female to be the presidential nominee by a major party in American history. If elected, she would have been the first female or former First Lady to become president. She also would’ve been the first incumbent senator since John F. Kennedy (honor went to Barack Obama ) to become president. While losing the delegate count, and thus the nomination, she earned more popular votes than Barack Obama (though unlike Clinton's name, Obama's name wasn't on

11730-401: The first quarter of 2009, a surprisingly large $ 5.6 million came into her campaign, enabling her to pay off all creditors other than her pollster Mark Penn , to whom the campaign still owed $ 2.3 million. Over time, Bill Clinton took up most of the fundraising burden, sending out fundraising letters, signing campaign memorabilia, and selling appearances with him. By the start of 2012, the debt

11868-407: The first six months of the year, about 70% of her funds came from donors giving the maximum $ 2,300; this compared to 44% for Obama and 42% for Edwards. For the third quarter of 2007, which typically sees lower numbers than the rest of the year, Clinton led all candidates with $ 27 million raised and with 100,000 new contributors. This beat Obama's $ 20 million and allowed Clinton to apportion some of

12006-481: The focus of an intense recruiting battle between her and fellow candidate Barack Obama . An October 2007 study of ongoing presidential campaign staffs showed that 8 of her 14 senior staff were women, as were 12 of her 20 top paid staff and 85 of her 161 nominally paid staff; overall she had the largest percentage of women in her campaign of any candidate surveyed other than Mike Huckabee . On February 10, 2008, Solis Doyle ceased duties as campaign manager, and become

12144-420: The following days, campaign strategists were worried that the Hsu matter had the potential to become a major fundraising scandal that could significantly damage the campaign. Nevertheless, the campaign indicated that it would try to get donations re-given right after the refunds, for example taking back donations if they clearly came from the donor's bank account rather than from Hsu or another third party and if

12282-496: The high turnout among women, and asserted that the media coverage made Clinton a sympathetic figure to female voters. Buchanan stated that the media had "virtually canonized" Obama and behaved as if he'd been "born in Bethlehem ." Maddow told Matthews that several blogs were citing him as "a symbol of what the mainstream media has done to Hillary Clinton." She added that sites such as TalkingPointsMemo.com indicated that voters felt that

12420-461: The media for writing what he alleged to be false stories about him and he has called upon his supporters to be "the silent majority ." Trump also said the media "put false meaning into the words I say", and says he does not mind being criticized by the media as long as they are honest about it. According to a wide range of representative polls, both Clinton and Trump had significant net-unfavorability ratings, and their controversial reputations set

12558-401: The media were "piling on" Clinton, and were "coming to her defense with their votes." Matthews replied sarcastically, "My influence in American politics looms over the people. I'm overwhelmed myself." He added, "I will never underestimate Hillary Clinton again." The next day, Matthews appeared on Joe Scarborough 's MSNBC morning show and said, "I'll be brutal, the reason she's a U.S. senator,

12696-560: The most delegates in four Western contests and in Wisconsin, keeping a credible path to denying Trump the nomination on the first ballot with 1,237 delegates. Trump then augmented his lead by scoring landslide victories in New York and five Northeastern states in April, followed by a decisive victory in Indiana on May 3, 2016, securing all 57 of the state's delegates. Without any further chances of forcing

12834-452: The nomination, becoming the first woman to ever clinch the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party. On June 7, Clinton secured a majority of pledged delegates after winning primaries in California , New Jersey , New Mexico , and South Dakota , while Sanders won only Montana and North Dakota . Clinton also won the final primary in the District of Columbia on June 14. At

12972-442: The official publication date of the book was announced as June 10, 2014, and the title of the book was revealed as Hard Choices about a week later. The book contained 635 pages of numbered text, accompanied by three sections of plates containing a total of 100 colored photographs. In the book, Clinton frames the foreign policy situations encountered during her tenure as a series of hard choices, especially those involving

13110-432: The other seven states that voted. Failing to gain traction, Carson suspended his campaign a few days later. On March 15, 2016, the second "Super Tuesday", Kasich won his only contest in his home state of Ohio, and Trump won five primaries including Florida. Rubio suspended his campaign after losing his home state. Between March 16 and May 3, 2016, only three candidates remained in the race: Trump, Cruz, and Kasich. Cruz won

13248-495: The paperback edition, titled "A New Chapter", was initially published by The Huffington Post by Clinton on April 10. The paperback version also has a new cover, in color, in which Clinton is angled away from the camera, turning her head and smiling slightly, while dressed in a blue, collared shirt and wearing bold silver earrings. 2016 United States presidential election Barack Obama Democratic Donald Trump Republican Presidential elections were held in

13386-428: The political process, there has been no question about his integrity or his commitment to playing by the rules, and we have absolutely no reason to call his contributions into question." The next day, on August 29, The Los Angeles Times reported that Hsu was a longtime fugitive, having failed to appear for sentencing for a 1992 fraud conviction. The Clinton campaign reversed course, saying it would give to charity

13524-494: The preceding three months, along with an additional transfer of $ 10 million from her Senate campaign account to her presidential account. This dwarfed the previous record for the comparable quarter, which was $ 9 million by Al Gore in 1999. For the second quarter of 2007, Clinton raised about $ 27 million, less than Obama's newly set records for the quarter of $ 32.5 million in donations from 258,000 contributors but more than all other candidates. According to OpenSecrets , during

13662-403: The presidency with an announcement on April 12, 2015, via a video message. While nationwide opinion polls in 2015 indicated that Clinton was the front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, she faced strong challenges from independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who became the second major candidate when he formally announced on April 30, 2015, that he was running for

13800-485: The president and vice president. President Barack Obama , a Democrat and former U.S. senator from Illinois , was ineligible to seek reelection to a third term due to the restrictions of the American presidential term limits established by the Twenty-second Amendment ; in accordance with Section   1 of the Twentieth Amendment , his term expired at noon eastern standard time on January 20, 2017. Both

13938-835: The presidential race that day. On February 9, Sanders bounced back to win the New Hampshire primary with 60% of the vote. In the remaining two February contests, Clinton won the Nevada caucuses with 53% of the vote and scored a decisive victory in the South Carolina primary with 73% of the vote. On March 1, eleven states participated in the first of four " Super Tuesday " primaries. Clinton won Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia and 504 pledged delegates, while Sanders won Colorado , Minnesota, Oklahoma , and his home state of Vermont and 340 delegates. The following weekend, Sanders won victories in Kansas , Nebraska , and Maine with 15- to 30-point margins, while Clinton won

14076-473: The press throughout her life in public service. Weeks before her official entry as a presidential candidate, Clinton attended a political press corps event, pledging to start fresh on what she described as a "complicated" relationship with political reporters. Clinton was initially criticized by the press for avoiding taking their questions, after which she provided more interviews. In contrast, Trump benefited from free media more than any other candidate. From

14214-469: The primaries, and especially after the Iowa caucuses, Matthews was openly enthusiastic about Obama's candidacy. The New Republic reported that Matthews was "swooning" over Obama in the days leading up to the January 8 New Hampshire Democratic primary. On the night of that election, Matthews co-anchored MSNBC's coverage. Air America Radio host Rachel Maddow and political analyst Patrick Buchanan both noted

14352-415: The primaries, and explored a potential independent run. The next day, Vice President Joe Biden decided not to run, ending months of speculation, stating, "While I will not be a candidate, I will not be silent." On October 23, Chafee withdrew, stating that he hoped for "an end to the endless wars and the beginning of a new era for the United States and humanity." On November 2, after failing to qualify for

14490-405: The primary elections are indirect elections where voters cast ballots for a slate of party delegates pledged to a particular candidate. The party's delegates then officially nominate a candidate to run on the party's behalf. The general election in November is also an indirect election, where voters cast ballots for a slate of members of the Electoral College ; these electors in turn directly elect

14628-451: The primary. Trump, Cruz, Rubio and Kasich each won at least one primary, with Trump receiving the highest number of votes and Ted Cruz receiving the second highest. Trump turned his attention towards selecting a running mate after he became the presumptive nominee on May 4, 2016. In mid-June, Eli Stokols and Burgess Everett of Politico reported that the Trump campaign was considering New Jersey Governor Chris Christie , former Speaker of

14766-869: The race, he announced on June 16, 2016, that his main goal in the coming months would be to work with Clinton to defeat Trump in the general election. On July 8, appointees from the Clinton campaign, the Sanders campaign, and the Democratic National Committee negotiated a draft of the party's platform. On July 12, Sanders formally endorsed Clinton at a rally in New Hampshire in which he appeared with her. Sanders then went on to headline 39 campaign rallies on behalf of Clinton in 13 key states. [REDACTED] The following candidates were frequently interviewed by major broadcast networks and cable news channels or were listed in publicly published national polls. Lessig

14904-539: The race, starting with Ted Cruz on March 23, 2015, this was the largest presidential primary field for any political party in American history, before being overtaken by the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. Prior to the Iowa caucuses on February 1, 2016, Perry, Walker, Jindal, Graham, and Pataki withdrew due to low polling numbers. Despite leading many polls in Iowa, Trump came in second to Cruz, after which Huckabee, Paul, and Santorum withdrew due to poor performances at

15042-422: The reason she's a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around. That's how she got to be senator from New York. We keep forgetting it. She didn't win there on her merit." While this incited more controversy, Matthews noted that Clinton's political career started after she appeared with Senator Chuck Schumer and impressed Democratic leaders with her graceful handling of

15180-701: The run-up to her apparent loss in New Hampshire and campaign collapse to come, negative media coverage of her became intense; as The Politico phrased it in retrospect, "She is carrying the burden of 16 years of contentious relations between the Clintons and the news media. ... Many journalists rushed with unseemly haste to the narrative about the fall of the Clinton machine. Meanwhile, NBC anchor Brian Williams conceded that at least one NBC reporter said regarding Obama, "it's hard to stay objective covering this guy." Media Matters singled out MSNBC 's Chris Matthews for his consistently harsh coverage of Clinton. During

15318-469: The same month, and Clinton was forced to loan her campaign $ 5 million from her and Bill Clinton's personal assets. Further, Clinton's campaign ended January with $ 7.6 million in debt, aside from the personal loan. Rebounding from weak fundraising in January 2008, Sen. Clinton expected to raise $ 35 million in February 2008—a figure rival Sen. Barack Obama's campaign said it would surpass. On March 6, 2008, it

15456-410: The second DNC-sanctioned debate after adoption of a rule change negated polls which before might have necessitated his inclusion in the debate, Lessig withdrew as well, narrowing the field to Clinton, O'Malley, and Sanders. On February 1, 2016, in an extremely close contest, Clinton won the Iowa caucuses by a margin of 0.2 points over Sanders. After winning no delegates in Iowa, O'Malley withdrew from

15594-490: The spending limits imposed when accepting the federal money. She had $ 14 million left from her 2006 Senate race, which put her in a good starting position compared to other Democratic candidates. Clinton insiders said the senator's goal was to raise at least $ 60 million in 2007. Longtime Democratic political and finance leader Terry McAuliffe was Clinton's campaign chair. " Bundlers " that collected more than $ 100,000 for her campaign became known as "HillRaisers"; (a play on

15732-626: The string of losses with wins in the Rhode Island , and Ohio primaries. Clinton subsequently lost in Wyoming , Mississippi , Montana , North Carolina and Oregon , and won in Pennsylvania , Indiana , West Virginia , Kentucky , Puerto Rico , and South Dakota . On the final day of primaries on June 3, 2008, Obama had gained enough pledged- and super-delegates to become the presumptive nominee ; she then suspended her campaign on June 7, 2008, and endorsed Barack Obama. If nominated, she would have been

15870-773: The three states with the combined 46 electoral votes, was considered the catalyst that won him the Electoral College vote. Trump's surprise victories were perceived to have been assisted by Clinton's lack of campaigning in the region, the rightward shift of the white working class, and the influence of Sanders–Trump voters who refused to back her after Bernie Sanders dropped out. Ultimately, Trump received 304 electoral votes and Clinton 227, as two faithless electors defected from Trump and five from Clinton. Trump flipped six states that had voted Democratic in 2012 : Florida , Iowa , Michigan , Ohio , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin , as well as Maine's 2nd congressional district . Trump

16008-471: The time, but that no problems had emerged. Later on September 10, the Clinton campaign announced it would return the full $ 850,000 in donations that Hsu had raised from others: "In light of recent events and allegations that Mr. Norman Hsu engaged in an illegal investment scheme, we have decided out of an abundance of caution to return the money he raised for our campaign. An estimated 260 donors this week will receive refunds totaling approximately $ 850,000 from

16146-479: The tone of the campaign. Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008 [REDACTED] The 2008 presidential campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton , then junior United States senator from New York , was announced on her website on January 20, 2007. Hillary Clinton was previously the First Lady of the United States and First Lady of Arkansas prior to her election as U.S. Senator from New York. She

16284-495: The unusual step of renting out some of her lists." The Clinton campaign responded "that the lists were rented out by her 2006 Senate campaign committee — and that the rentals took place before she began her formal campaign for president last January." Of this response NPR commented, "That would mean the rental fees went unpaid for at least 11 months. Starke, the analyst, cites Info U.S.A. data showing that on average, it settles accounts within 64 days." An October 29, 2007 study by

16422-639: The vote in his home state of Utah, the highest share of the vote for a non-major party candidate in any state since 1992. On January 6, 2017, the United States Intelligence Community concluded that the Russian government had interfered in the 2016 elections , and that it did so in order to "undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency". A Special Counsel investigation of alleged collusion between Russia and

16560-443: The whole affair "a rude awakening to all of us," meaning other campaigns as well. By October 2007 the Hsu matter had quieted down. Clinton's third quarter campaign expenditures report showed the $ 800,000 in contributions, mostly Hsu-related, being returned to more than 200 donors, some of whom were surprised to see the money coming back and who said they knew not of Hsu. In March 2007, a Pakistani immigrant named Abdul Rehman Jinnah

16698-542: Was "almost certainly" due to frequent media coverage of his campaign. Sides concluded "Trump is surging in the polls because the news media has consistently focused on him since he announced his candidacy on June 16." Prior to clinching the Republican nomination, Trump received little support from establishment Republicans. Major candidates were determined by the various media based on common consensus. The following were invited to sanctioned televised debates based on their poll ratings. Trump received 14,010,177 total votes in

16836-426: Was February 1, 2013. As she departed from office, she indicated she was unsure of her future plans but that they did include writing another memoir to follow Living History . On April 4, 2013, Simon & Schuster , her previous publisher, announced that Clinton had signed with them for this new work, with a target publication date of June 2014. Lawyer Robert Barnett handled the negotiations from Clinton's side;

16974-415: Was First Lady and served as Deputy White House Chief of Staff, was the chief operating officer of the campaign. Ann Lewis , White House communications director from 1997 to 2000, was Senior Advisor to the campaign. Cheryl Mills was general counsel for the campaign. Jonathan Mantz was finance director, Mandy Grunwald the lead media consultant, Neera Tanden the campaign's policy director, Kim Molstre

17112-456: Was also considering Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack , retired Admiral James Stavridis , and Governor John Hickenlooper of Colorado. In discussing her potential vice presidential choice, Clinton said the most important attribute she looked for was the ability and experience to immediately step into the role of president. On July 22, Clinton announced that she had chosen Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia as her running mate. The delegates at

17250-490: Was also made to promote the book. Later, the chapter of the book dealing with the Benghazi attack was leaked to Politico . Observers suspected this was done to get news about it out of the way early so it would not dominate later coverage of the book as a whole. Shortly before the book's publication date, a passage that dealt with the now-repatriated soldier Bowe Bergdahl was made public as well. The promotional book roll-out

17388-659: Was assisted in writing the book by three aides credited in the Acknowledgements section as her "book team", two former State Department assistants, speechwriter Dan Schwerin and researcher Ethan Gelber , and Ted Widmer , a speechwriter in the Bill Clinton administration . The first draft of the manuscript was three times its final length. Clinton later said that the writing process had been "terrific" overall, but that "some days were off-the-charts wonderful and some days were not-even-on-the-charts terrible." During April 2014,

17526-445: Was considering two military generals for the position, including retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn . In July 2016, it was reported that Trump had narrowed his list of possible running mates down to three: Christie, Gingrich, and Pence. On July 14, 2016, several major media outlets reported that Trump had selected Pence as his running mate. Trump confirmed these reports in a message Twitter on July 15, 2016, and formally made

17664-577: Was down to about $ 250,000. A team of Obama donors, including Steve Spinner and Jane Watson Stetson , who wanted to thank Clinton for her service during the Obama administration, took up the cause; they used public records to find potential donors who still had not reached contribution limits for 2008. In addition, the Clinton campaign's donor list was rented out to Obama's 2012 re-election campaign , bringing in around $ 63,000 in October 2012. The Clinton campaign finally declared it had paid off all its debt in

17802-403: Was in charge of managing each event. The tour events had the air of campaign stops. Each brought considerable local media attention. The independent SuperPAC known as Ready for Hillary parked a " Hillary Bus " nearby and handed out stickers and posters and signed up volunteers. She herself has never gone on the bus; The Washington Post described it as "a campaign bus before there is even

17940-438: Was indicted by a grand jury for violating federal election laws. The charges stem from $ 30,000 in illegal contributions to Clinton's presidential campaign. Her campaign "denied any knowledge of Jinnah's scheme." In September 2007, reports were made that William Danielczyk, private equity firm head, bundled money for Clinton from Republican Party supporters, including at least one who claimed that Danielczyk later reimbursed her,

18078-948: Was invited to one forum, but withdrew when rules were changed which prevented him from participating in officially sanctioned debates. Clinton received 16,849,779 votes in the primary. In April 2016, the Clinton campaign began to compile a list of 15 to 20 individuals to vet for the position of running mate, even though Sanders continued to challenge Clinton in the Democratic primaries. In mid-June, The Wall Street Journal reported that Clinton's shortlist included Representative Xavier Becerra from California, Senator Cory Booker from New Jersey , Senator Sherrod Brown from Ohio , Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro from Texas , Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti from California , Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia , Labor Secretary Tom Perez from Maryland , Representative Tim Ryan from Ohio, and Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts . Subsequent reports stated that Clinton

18216-460: Was leading all other Democratic candidates by wide margins in national polls. She placed third in the Iowa caucus behind Barack Obama and John Edwards , and trailed considerably in polls shortly thereafter in New Hampshire before staging a comeback and finishing first in the primary there . She went on to win a plurality of votes in Nevada, but won fewer delegates in Nevada than Obama, then lost by

18354-433: Was listed as Nathan Johnson on the ballot rather than Mindy Finn, although Nathan Johnson was intended to only be a placeholder until an actual running mate was chosen. Party for Socialism and Liberation Peace and Freedom Liberty Union Party Hillary Clinton focused her candidacy on several themes, including raising middle class incomes, expanding women's rights, instituting campaign finance reform, and improving

18492-474: Was revealed that Senator Obama raised a record $ 55 million in February, what the Associated Press reported as the largest amount of funds raised in one month in the history of Presidential primaries. In April, it was revealed that the Clinton campaign began the month $ 1 million in debt. While the campaign had $ 20 million cash on hand, only $ 9 million was available for the primary and the campaign had $ 10 million in debt. Clinton adviser Howard Wolfson acknowledged

18630-409: Was revealed that he was a 15-year-long fugitive on investment fraud charges and had also possibly engaged in violations of campaign finance law as a "bundler". In 2015, Alex Heckler was listed as one of Hillary Clinton's most important “bundlers.” In 2016, Heckler hosted a fundraising event for Clinton at his Miami beach home. On April 1, 2007, Clinton announced she had raised $ 26 million during

18768-540: Was said to have already received one million pre-orders. In actuality, Simon & Schuster said that it during its first week on sale, it sold over 100,000 copies, a figure supported by extrapolation of the underlying Nielsen BookScan data. It debuted at first on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover nonfiction . During its second and third weeks of availability, sales of Hard Choices declined markedly, but were still enough to keep it atop

18906-471: Was staffed by veterans of political campaigns and political communications efforts, rather than the publicists who usually conduct such efforts. There was competition among top news anchors and interviewers to get the first interviews with Clinton about the book. In the end, Clinton sat down with several of them; the first went to ABC News ' Diane Sawyer and aired on June 9. The interviews themselves sometimes made news on topics unrelated to those covered by

19044-456: Was the first president with neither prior public service nor military experience . With ballot access to the entire national electorate, Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson received nearly 4.5 million votes (3.27%), the highest nationwide vote share for a third-party candidate since Ross Perot in 1996 , while Green Party nominee Jill Stein received almost 1.45 million votes (1.06%). Independent candidate Evan McMullin received 21.4% of

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