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Tue Jun 24, 2014, 05:14 PM Jun 2014

Bill Clinton Defends Hillary’s Middle-Income Ties

By Jonathan Allen Jun 24, 2014 4:44 PM ET

Former President Bill Clinton defended his wife Hillary Clinton’s ties to middle-income Americans, saying “she’s not out of touch” and is an advocate for policies that promote social mobility.

Speaking at a conference in Denver, Clinton told moderator David Gregory of NBC’s “Meet the Press” today that making an issue of his family’s rise to wealth is “the wrong debate.” The public should be talking about how to address the “demise of the American dream,” he said.

Hillary Clinton, the former first lady and a potential 2016 presidential candidate, is trying to rebound from a series of comments in which she suggested that she and the former president aren’t really rich.

Bill Clinton acknowledged that she didn’t “give the most adept answer” to questions about their personal wealth. “You can say, ‘OK, I gotta clean that up,’ which she did.”

Hillary Clinton, also speaking today at the Clinton Global Initiative conference, drew from her past to portray herself as a lifelong advocate for poor children, pushing back against critics who say she’s lost touch with the concerns of middle-and lower-income Americans.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-24/hillary-clinton-tries-to-pivot-after-wealth-comments.html

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