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President Trump accused longtime NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell of being a Democratic activist.

In an interview with the New York Times published Wednesday, Trump referred to an interview Mitchell conducted the previous day on MSNBC with Susan Rice, the former national security adviser in the Obama administration.

"Take a look at what's happening," Trump said, referring to revelations about Rice's alleged role in the unmasking of Trump's associates in intelligence reports. "I mean, first of all her performance was horrible yesterday on television even though she was interviewed by Hillary Clinton's P.R. person, Andrea Mitchell."

His broadside against Mitchell is nearly a repeat of what White House social media director Dan Scavino previously said about the interview.

On Twitter, Scavino called Mitchell a Democratic "PR person."

During the interview, Rice denied reports she was involved in leaking information about Trump's associates who were caught up in incidental U.S. surveillance of foreign targets, and she said there was no political motivation in requesting that their identities be revealed to former Obama administration officials.

In his interview with the Times, Trump said it was the "biggest" story.

NBC and MSNBC have not returned a request for comment from the Washington Examiner.

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In this Oct. 26, 2016, file photo, Chelsea Clinton speaks in Cincinnati.(Photo: John Minchillo, AP)

Will Hillary Clinton run for public office again? Her daughter, Chelsea, doesn't think so.

The younger Clinton appeared Tuesday on CBS This Morning to promote her bookIt's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired and Get Going, but the conversation veered toward her mother's political past and future.

"Oh, I have no idea," Clinton said when asked whether her mother would run again. "I dont think so. Ithink right now shes focused on her book. Shes focused, thankfully, on her grandchildren. Shes focused on what she can do to help support work that shes been engaged in for longer than Ive been alive, around children, around women, around families."

While Hillary Clinton has recently said that she wants to "come out of the woods," Chelsea Clinton interpreted this as her mother wanting to encourage people to remain engaged and to continue supporting progressive causes and organizations such as Planned Parenthood.

When asked whether she thought Russia interfered with the election and prevented her mother from winning, Clinton replied that she believed there were still many questions surrounding the situation.

"We deserve those answers," she said.

Clinton also brushed off questions about her own political future and having "politics in her DNA."

"No. No. No. No," she said when asked about whether she would consider running.

She noted that she was lucky to support the people who represented her now, from her councilwoman to her senators.

"I think to run for public office, though, a few things have to be true," she said. I think you have to have a clear vision of what you would do in a given job. I think you have to have a clear sense that you're the best person for that job."

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Of course, Hillary Clinton is back. I am convinced she will run for the presidency as many times as it takes to win -- even if she is still being wheeled through the streets of Iowa at 108, kept alive by robotics and a refusal to surrender.

And even though the shock of Trump's election victory is receding as we become more involved in just how bad he is at governing, for Clinton it will never ebb as the most stunning rebuke possible. Hillary Clinton was beaten by Donald J Trump. That is like losing the Oscar for best picture to "Police Academy VI." After that kind of humiliation, most people would quit politics and go live in a cabin. Not Hillary. She still needs us to remember who she is.

This is typical of politicians. To succeed in this game you need to be sensitive enough to need to be loved but shallow enough to weather the hate. Trump is an extreme version of this. He appears to feel criticism deeply and yet he also invites it. Perhaps it's better to be talked about horribly than not at all.

And, really, what's wrong with this? Like Hillary, these statesmen all have experience to share, wisdom to impart. As the country sails into uncertain waters under Captain Trump, doesn't it make sense to stop and listen to the views of Hillary Clinton -- an intellectually gifted former secretary of state, no less?

No. In this instance, no. And the reason is quite simply that it's too soon. Too soon since Hillary Clinton lost the election and gave the White House to Trump -- because, regardless of what strengths Trump might have had, 2016 was ultimately an election for the Democrats to lose.

I have no doubt that almost any other candidate could have beaten Trump. Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Alec Baldwin, Big Bird. It turns out that the one candidate who could lose was Hillary.

There is a post-politics role for Clinton, but it cannot be just yet. Her party needs a period in which to separate from her memory -- to rebuild, find new candidates, reestablish its identity and delink itself from the entire Clinton philosophy.

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Hillary Clintonsaid shes ready to come out of the woods after keeping a low profile since her shocking election defeat in November, but Bill Maher thinks she should just stay in there.

On Fridays Real Time with Bill Maher, the 61-year-old comedian said the former Democratic presidential nominee had her chance and blew it.

Hillary, stay in the woods, OK? You had your shot. You fed it up. Youre Bill Buckner, Mr. Maher said. We had the World Series, and you let the grounder go through your legs. Let someone else have the chance.

The fact that shes coming back, it just verifies every bad thing anyones ever thought about the Clintons, that its all about them, Mr. Maher said. Let some of the other shorter trees get a little sunlight.

Neera Tanden, president of the liberal think tank Center for American Progress, disagreed with Mr. Maher, saying Mrs. Clinton has every right to speak out on an issue that shes worked on for decades of her life.

Yeah, but what did she speak about? Mr. Maher asked. Shes speaking out because Bill OReilly made a joke about Maxine Waters hair.

The comedian was referring to Mr. OReillys now-retracted joke thatblack Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters wears a James Brown wig. Mrs. Clinton called the joke racist during a speech last week in San Francisco.

She spoke out against racism and sexism, Ms. Tanden said.

She spoke out about a joke, Mr. Maher added. You know what, this is why the Democrats lost the election in the first place. Because they cannot get their priorities straight, and they never fail to take the bait about little bulls issues.

Former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, who was also on the show, said the left should stop being outraged at every offense.

Stop the fake outrage, he said.

Its not fake! Its not fake outrage, Ms. Tanden responded.

It is fake outrage, Mr. Santorum interjected. Well, if it isnt fake outrage then you should learn to take a joke and move on.

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