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Published 15:25 29 May 2024 GMT+1

Hillary Clinton appeared to lay the blame for her 2016 election loss to Donald Trump on women for not 'taking a risk' on her.

The former presidential nominee reflected on her defeat in 2016 in an interview with the New York Times, and highlighted what she felt was a factor in the election.

In the interview, Clinton drew attention to Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the landmark court case which set the precedent for abortion to be federally legalised in the US.

Clinton argued that the decision to overturn Roe v Wade vindicated her warnings in 2016 that the election of Donald Trump would endanger women in the US.

Nonetheless, she seemingly placed the blame for her defeat with female voters who did not turn turn out to support her.

Recalling FBI director James Comey's decision to reopen the investigation into her private emails, Clinton said that this had led many voters to abandon her at the last minute.

She went on to say that these voters were women, telling the New York Times: Once he [Comey] did that to me, the people, the voters who left me, were women."

Clinton went on to say that she felt the fact that she is a woman was a big factor in her defeat, saying: They left me because they just couldnt take a risk on me, because as a woman, Im supposed to be perfect.

They were willing to take a risk on [Trump] - who had a long list of, lets call them flaws, to illustrate his imperfection - because he was a man, and they could envision a man as president and commander in chief.

A lot has happened since 2016, to put it mildly, and ahead of this year's presidential election, Clinton is drawing attention to the 'existential' threat to the US which Trump and the far right now pose.

We didnt take it seriously, and we didnt understand the threat, she said. Most Democrats, most Americans, did not realize we are in an existential struggle for the future of this country.

Clinton remains a divisive figure, particularly among the left in the US.

In a recent interview on MSNBC which touched on the protests sweeping US university campuses over Gaza, she accused protestors of not understanding the history of the Middle East.

The interview prompted fury as critics highlighted Clinton's controversial record in the Middle East, including supporting the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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Joe Rogan decided to tread with caution during a recent episode of his podcast when he made an accusation against former presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.

He was discussing politics and corruption with his guest and comedian Dave Smith when he referenced the "Steele Dossier" that alleged her 2016 presidential opponent Donald Trump had nefarious links to the Russian government. The opposition research report has largely been discredited.

In the conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience, the podcaster alleged that research for the dossier had been paid for by Clinton herself. Newsweek has contacted Rogan's podcast via email.

"How about the fact that Clinton funded the Steele Dossier?" asked Rogan as he laughed. But before continuing with the conversation, Rogan asked his producer to check. "Let's confirm that the Clinton campaign funded the Steele Dossier."

A few minutes later, Rogan's producer pulls up an Associated Press story from March 31, 2022. Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee agreed to pay $113,000 to settle a Federal Election Commission investigation into whether they violated campaign finance law by misreporting spending on research that eventually became the dossier, the AP reported.

The Steele Dossier was released in January 2017, days before Trump was sworn in and alleged that Russia had been cultivating him for years. The dossier also alleged that Trump campaign figures worked with Russian officials to find damaging information about his opponent. Large portions of the report have not been substantiated.

It was an unfinished report compiled by the former British spy Christopher Steele and published by Buzzfeed News. Steele was hired by Washington political research firm Fusion GPS after it was reportedly employed by an unknown GOP client during the primary.

Fusion GPS was also hired to investigate Trump's ties to Russia by law firm Perkins Coie, which was engaged by Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

In the years since its release, there has been much scrutiny over the report's accuracy, with some parts found to be inaccurate or untrue, but other parts have been proven to be true. Those verified portions of the dossier include Russia's meddling in the 2016 elections and its obtaining compromising information on Clinton and the DNC, which was released through WikiLeaks. It found that Russian President Vladimir Putin directly ordered foreign interference in U.S. elections to explicitly help Trump and that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort received payment for Ukraine lobbying efforts.

In 2022, the FEC found that Clinton's campaign and the DNC had obscured payments through Perkins Coie and by publicly disclosing the payments to the firm as legal costs had covered up the true purpose of those payments.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Democrats for their lack of preparation and response to the overturning of Roe V. Wade.

We didnt take it seriously, and we didnt understand the threat, Ms. Clinton said in an interview with The New York Times published Saturday. Most Democrats, most Americans, did not realize we are in an existential struggle for the future of this country.

We could have done more to fight, the former Democratic presidential nominee said.

In the interview conducted in February for the upcoming book The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America, Ms. Clinton said that Democrats have been in denial for decades over the strength of Roe v. Wade and the enshrined abortion rights it offered.

She said the party was too trusting in the courts and in legal precedent and was unable to see how the anti-abortion movement was chipping away at abortion rights.

One thing I give the right credit for is they never give up, she said of anti-abortion groups. They are relentless. You know, they take a loss, they get back up, they regroup, they raise more money.

Its tremendously impressive the way that they operate. And we have nothing like it on our side, she said.

She said the Democratic Party was complacent in the overturning of the landmark Supreme Court case, and if she were in the Senate at the time she would have fought to block the confirmations of the Trump-appointed justices

She also credited her loss in the 2016 election to women voters, who she says abandoned her toward the end for not being perfect.

Ms. Clinton called the 2024 election existential and warned that if former President Donald Trump were to win again, we may never have another actual election.

And if we no longer have another actual election, we will be governed by a small minority of right-wing forces that are well organized and well funded and are getting exactly what they want in terms of turning the clock back on women, she said.

Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota Democrat said Sunday that Ms. Clinton isnt wrong about how the party handled abortion rights.

Mr. Walz, who represented Minnesotas 1st Congressional District from 2007 to 2019, said his support of abortion rights back when he first ran was considered risky.

I dont think shes totally wrong. Look, I ran in a conservative district, second Democrat since 1892, when I won a seat in Congress, and I was fully supportive of abortion rights. And this is back in 2005-2006. That was considered risky by a lot of people in our party, he said on CNNs State of the Union Sunday.

I think what the former secretary is getting at is that we maybe didnt understand the threat that was coming, that we thought that Roe was going to protect us. I think there were a lot of us, myself included, didnt believe that, he said.

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Hillary Clinton in a new interview praised the Republican Party for its relentless anti-abortion tactics, while blaming Democratic voters for dismissing her warnings on the matter as alarmist. She also denied that she personally bore any culpability for inaction on the issue during her time in the Senate. The former secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate made the comments in an interview for an upcoming book by Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer, called The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America, and represent her most comprehensive comments on the matter since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. One thing I give the right credit for is they never give up, she told The New York Times. They are relentless. You know, they take a loss, they get back up, they regroup, they raise more money Its tremendously impressive the way that they operate. And we have nothing like it on our side. She also issued a stark warning about the future of womens rights if Donald Trump is elected again this fallwhile predicting that Democratic voters would again dismiss her concerns. Oh, my God, there she goes again, she said, adopting the tone of a Times reader after hearing her warning. I mean, shes just so, you know, so out there. She added later: I know history will prove me right.

Editors note: This story has been updated to name the correct authors for the book The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America.

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Former President Donald Trump walks out of court and toward the media following the guilty verdict in his hush money trial. (Mark Peterson / Associated Press)

They finally got him.

Not on Russia collusion. Ukraine phone calls. Jan. 6 riots. Classified documents. Or mean tweets.

They finally got Donald Trump, after everything, on filing the wrong financial sex-story coverup paperwork.

Read more:Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

Who but Donald Trump could even be indicted for such a thing? As CNNs Fareed Zakaria said a few days ago: I doubt the New York indictment wouldve been brought against a defendant whose name was not Donald Trump.

It was jarring to hear my CNN colleague Jake Tapper say guilty 34 straight times, as the verdicts rolled in Thursday afternoon. A historic moment that further divided an already divided nation.

And it was equally jarring to see text after text pop up on my phone from decidedly non-MAGA Republicans, but also not Never Trumpers, all sounding the same note: I dont like this man, and now I think I have to vote for him.

Read more:Litman: Does it matter that Donald Trump just became a convicted criminal? Of course it does

Lest you think thats just anecdotal or a sign that Scott has weird friends, the Trump campaign reported a deluge of online contributions in the minutes following the verdict crashed their system.

The polling indicates the guilty verdict wont make much of a difference to how most Americans vote. But Republicans are madder than wet hens that the partys nominee for president and, according to the polls, likely the next president of the United States was indicted for 34 felonies that few can fully explain, in a very Democratic jurisdiction.

Basically, the prosecution argued that Hillary Clinton might have won if Trump hadnt paid Stormy Daniels for her silence, and so you must convict him for covering up what amounts to a campaign finance violation that he was never charged with or convicted of in the first place. The Department of Justice and Federal Election Commission declined to pursue this novel theory, but it found a home in the Manhattan district attorneys office.

Read more:What verdict will voters render after jury finds Trump guilty in hush money case?

It sounds crazy just typing it. Having never stuck the landing on Russia stole the election in 2016, Democrats have moved on to this rationalization of Hillary Clintons loss being caused by Trump paying for the silence of a porn star he allegedly had sex with in 2006. (Trump maintains it didnt happen; Daniels says it did.)

The consensus in my circle is that this will backfire massively, as Republicans get energized. Even Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, no Trump fan himself, tweeted: These charges never should have been brought in the first place. I expect the conviction to be overturned on appeal.

Read more:Editorial: Even before guilty verdict, Trump was unfit to serve

Im watching two groups of voters in the polling aftermath senior citizens and what we in the politics business call low info flow voters who consume very little news other than fleeting headlines. Seniors still remember the before times, when presidents werent spending all their time in courtrooms, and low info voters may never know much beyond that Trump is now a convicted felon.

Biden has strength with older white voters, while Trump does better with the disengaged types. If either group moves against Trump, it could cause a polling bump for Biden. Im not betting on it, but if I were in the Trump command center, those are the folks Id be tracking very closely for the next few weeks.

The guilty verdict kicks off a consequential June for what had become a sleepy campaign. Biden has been stuck in the mud for months, languishing at around a 38% approval rating (historically low), and trailing Trump in national and swing state polls. Voters remain angry with Biden over inflation and immigration. His job approval hasnt been above water since August of 2021, after the disastrous, chaotic and deadly pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

At the end of June, Biden and Trump will debate in Atlanta, with perhaps an unwanted party crasher on stage in the form of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Read more:Q&A: Yes, Trump could be elected president as a convicted felon

Step 1 to revive his flailing campaign was for Biden to see Trump convicted. Step 2 is for Biden to win the June 27 debate.

As of June 1, Trump is winning. What will the story be on July 1? What if, after a Trump conviction and a debate, Biden hasnt moved in the polls in a months time?

If you think the Democrats are in panic mode today (which Politico reported just this week), brace yourself for what comes next prominent members of the party wondering aloud about replacing Biden on the ticket if he cant move ahead of a convicted felon.

For Trump, the message is clear: The only verdict that matters will come from the American people on Nov. 5. And hell take the boost hes sure to get in the wake of the verdict, just as he has following his previous indictments and legal milestones.

Scott Jennings is a former special assistant to President George W. Bush and a senior CNN political commentator. @ScottJenningsKY

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