Hillary’s raw nerve
Is Hillary Clinton sensitive about her husband’s big shadow? That’s a big 10-4, judging by her response to a question at a town hall meeting in Africa. Through an interpreter the secretary of state was asked what “Mr. Clinton” thought about Chinese contracts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her answer practically seethed: “Wait, you want to know what my husband thinks? My husband is not the secretary of state — I am. You ask my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I’m not going to be channeling my husband.”
So, yeah, that hit a nerve. In fairness, Mrs. Clinton is in the midst of an 11-day African tour, and Congo is a place where women and children especially are singled out for horrific violence. That may have had something to do with her response to a question that seemed to diminish her own stature. But another likely factor in Clinton’s testy retort is the attention her husband got rescuing two Americans in North Korea — while she was doing photo ops and town halls in Africa. So yeah, she was steamed.
Turns out, the dander-raising question apparently was mangled by the questioner, who meant one thing but said something else. The questioner actually wanted to know what President Obama thought about the Chinese in Congo. Still, the episode sparked new discussion of an old topic — Hillary Clinton’s sometimes difficult relationship/competition with Bill.
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