Hillary Clinton lists 2016 loss among major national hard times

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton included her 2016 presidential election defeat on a list of national hard times during an event for Nebraska Democrats on Saturday. Fox News reported that Clinton was responding to a question about how to address Democratic voters who feel disillusioned and believe their vote does not matter. [1]

Clinton said that voters who feel unheard likely feel that no one in elected office cares about them. Fox News reported that she suggested these feelings stem from a series of difficult historical periods over the years, listing her election loss alongside events such as 11 September 2001 and the COVID pandemic. [1]

Clinton was the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama. She served as a United States senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009 and was the first lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of Bill Clinton. In 2016, she became the first woman to win a presidential nomination for a major United States political party, winning the popular vote but losing the Electoral College to Donald Trump. [4]