Clinton cautioned the audience not to be lulled by polls that suggest Harris is ahead.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. CHICAGO — The last time Hillary Clinton appeared in person before a Democratic National Convention, the year was 2016, the city was Philadelphia and Clinton was accepting her party’s nomination to run for president in what her audience thought would be a shoo-in of a race against Donald Trump.
But it was also a poignant reminder of how close Clinton came to breaking the “highest and hardest glass ceiling,” as she had put it in her concession speech. In many ways, Clinton’s appearance was a much-delayed opportunity for Democrats to honor this woman who has been a fixture in the party since 1992, when a convention in New York nominated her husband, Bill, to run for president. In 2020, Clinton addressed the convention remotely, a face on a screen, speaking from her living room in Chappaqua, New York, a reflection of the pared-down convention staged in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
The former first lady began by noting that her mother, Dorothy Rodham, was born in Chicago before women had the right to vote. Clinton described taking her daughter, Chelsea, to see Geraldine Ferraro be celebrated in 1984 as the first woman nominated as vice president. And she recalled her own moment in 2016 in Philadelphia.
As she closed her remarks, Clinton, clearly speaking from experience, cautioned her audience not to be lulled by polls that suggest Harris is ahead. “We have him on the run now,” she said. “But no matter what the polls say, we can’t give up.”
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