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During her Wednesday interview at ReCodes Code Conference 2017, former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton blamedher loss at least partly on misogyny, while claiming that PresidentObama was able to overcome racial barriers due to his appearance.

So I never said I was a perfect candidate, and I certainly have never said I ran perfect campaigns, but I dont know who is or did, she told interviewer Kara Swisher. And at some point it sort of bleeds into misogyny. And lets just be honest, you know, people who have a set of expectations about who should be president and what a president looks like, you know, theyre going to be much more skeptical and critical of somebody who doesnt look like and talk like and sound like everybody else whos been president.

She then attempted to explain Barack Obamas success and her failure by complimentinghis looks.

And you know, President Obama broke that racial barrier, but you know, hes a very attractive, good-looking man with lots of

Well, hes likable enough, Swisher quipped, a reference to a remark Obama made in a debate during the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries.

Hes likable enough, absolutely! Clinton responded.

Clintons remarks are reminiscent of then-Senator Joe Biden, a Democrat from Delaware,describing Obama in 2007as a candidate who isthe first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. Bidenlater apologized.

Top photo: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center in New York on April 6, 2017.

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Clinton Says Obama Broke Through The Racial Barrier Because He's An Attractive, Good-Looking Man - The Intercept