Fri Sep 04, 2015 at 03:05 PM PDT FINAL UPDATE: Unfiltered Hillary: The Andrea Mitchell Interview

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Fri Sep 04, 2015 at 03:05 PM PDT
FINAL UPDATE: Unfiltered Hillary: The Andrea Mitchell Interview



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Hillary Clinton speaks to Andrea Mitchell on September 4, 2015, in a nationally televised interview.
attribution: MSNBC




Final Update: Added the opening questions about e-mails. The transcript is now complete.

Seeing as this interview is already being presented inaccurately, today's Andrea Mitchell interview of Hillary Clinton on MSNBC seems a good candidate for the Unfiltered Hillary series, where Clinton's statements are presented without filter and without editing.

Credit goes to dhonig, who transcribed Clinton's answer to the authenticity question as part of their comments in another diary.

As always, Clinton's quotes are in bold. Video above the fold, transcript after it.





On authenticity and connecting with voters:

AM: Looking at the campaign now you see huge crowds for Bernie Sanders and for Donald Trump, and people talking about Joe Biden having an opening if he decides to make a difficult choice on an emotional level. They talk about how authentic these campaigns are.

HRC: (Laughs)

AM: Does it hurt you when people say you’re too lawyerly, you parse your words, you’re not authentic, you’re not connecting.

HRC: Well, that’s just not my experience, out campaigning. I feel very, very good about where we are.

We’ve built a terrific organization in the early States, and we’re expanding into those States that will be after Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada.

The level of support, the intensity of support that I’m experiencing as I speak with people, and talking about issues that I, I know are on their minds.

I want to be the President who deals with all those big problems that are in the headlines, but also those problems that keep families up at night, and that’s why I started out listening.

Because I think you can come with your own ideas, and you can, you know, wave your arms and give a speech, but at the end of the day are you connecting with and really hearing what people are either really saying to you of wishing that you would say to them.

So, on everything from mental health issue to substance abuse to college affordability to the continuing struggles that families face in spite of the fact that we’ve got a recovery and unemployment's down, people aren’t feeling it.

I am very excited, and very energized, by the campaign that I’m running.

And you know, after Labor Day you kind of move more toward the laying out of your plans and moving toward debates. and having the exchanges that you expect in a campaign.

That’s the next stage and I’m looking forward to that.

On Joe Biden: