One of standard lines from Hillary Clinton’s stump speech is that she already knows her way around the White House. As the caucuses draw closer and the polls show her in trouble, Clinton has changed her tune a bit. Speaking today in Iowa, Clinton reminded her audience just how much time she’s spent in the White House situation room as evidence that she’s the more experienced candidate.
To make her point on experience, @HillaryClinton tells Iowans about meetings in Situation Room, from threats to inauguration to Bin Laden.
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) January 23, 2016
Clinton recalling story of potentially calling off inauguration of Obama at her first meeting with national security experts.
— Nick Moffitt (@nickmoff) January 23, 2016
Said her experience in situation room and working out plan to send in ST6 to kill Bin Laden should be part of decision during caucus vote.
— Nick Moffitt (@nickmoff) January 23, 2016
Clinton recalled being in sit room debating pre-'09 inaug security with Bush & Obama cabinets. Pivoted to being there for bin Laden decision
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) January 23, 2016
Then, of course, there was the terrorist attack in Benghazi. President Obama famously wasn’t in the situation room that night, and flew to Las Vegas to campaign the next morning. Four days after the attack, though, he did find the time for an official presidential briefing on the attack. Clinton, who famously campaigned that she’d be there to answer that 3 a.m. phone call, wasn’t there, emailing that she didn’t wake up until nearly 11 a.m.
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Don’t think that President Clinton will snooze through any meetings, though.
Voters asks Clinton about her health, saying Fox News says she isn't healthy. "I will match my endurance against anybody," she says.
— Dan Merica (@merica) January 23, 2016
Iowa voter asks @HillaryClinton about her health: "They say nearly anything about me.I’ll match my endurance against anybody.” #iacaucus
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) January 23, 2016
That something we’d like to see: say, a pull-up contest among Clinton, Sanders, and O’Malley.
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