24 Totally Normal Hours On The Trail With Hillary Clinton

A play by play of the day--Friday.


24 Totally Normal Hours On The Trail With Hillary Clinton

The FBI, Anthony Weiner, Iowa, and big smiles: The weirdest and yet most normal day for a campaign and candidate almost bizarrely unfazed by crisis.

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posted on Oct. 29, 2016, at 2:21 p.m.

Ruby Cramer


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Saturday, 12:13 p.m., White Plains, N.Y. Saturday on the trail begins like any other for Hillary Clinton. She steps onto the tarmac. She smiles. She waves. It’s as if the ........................

This, from the outside at least, is the Clinton campaign under siege. She and her aides, by now, after a long 18 months, are somewhat at home when in crisis. (“Happy warrior” is how a Clinton official described the candidate’s state of mind on Saturday morning here in Westchester.)
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But on Friday, as news of the inquiry hit the presidential race just 11 days before election time — while the press scrambled for information with few details and without inflight internet, while Donald Trump assailed the latest “criminal scheme” — Clinton held her smile, and the day proceeded as planned. There were two rallies in Iowa. (“I am so excited and happy to be back here!”) There were special guests. (Celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson. Star photographer Annie Leibovitz. Childhood friend Betsy Ebeling.) And there was no mention of the FBI inquiry until the day was done.........................


Friday, 12:57 p.m. Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook takes questions about early vote returns aboard the “Stronger Together” Boeing 737 — flying through the Midwest without wifi. On the ground, Rep. Jason Chaffetz tweets that the FBI has informed him of emails that “appear to be pertinent” to the Clinton investigation.


1:21 p.m. News breaks aboard the plane, now making its initial descent into Cedar Rapids, Iowa.................



7:12 p.m. Clinton heads for the exit. A reporter shouts one final question.

“Are you worried this could sink your campaign, Secretary Clinton?”

The candidate is almost out the door as she lets out one big, long laugh.





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Clinton poses for photos after the Cedar Rapids event. Jewel Samad / AFP / Getty Images