Out of touch? Hillary Clinton hits back after wealth gaffe

By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:19 EDT

Hillary Clinton sought to nuance her remark that she and ex-president husband Bill were “dead broke” when they left the White House, insisting she was not out of touch.

The widely-anticipated 2016 Democratic presidential candidate earlier this month kicked off her book tour telling ABC television the Clintons left the White House “not only dead broke, but in debt.”

“We had no money when we got there, and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for (daughter) Chelsea’s education. You know, it was not easy,” said Clinton, a Yale-educated lawyer herself before entering public service.


Republicans jumped on her comments. Even some supporters cringed at what sounded like elitism and insensitivity to the plight of ordinary Americans, at a time when the US economy is still suffering.

“Well, I shouldn’t have said the five or so words that I said, but my inartful use of those few words doesn’t change who I am, what I’ve stood for my entire life, what I stand for today,” the former top US diplomat and former first lady told “PBS NewsHour.”

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