An ex-adviser to Hillary Clinton says the former secretary of state longs for Trump’s defeat, and would find it more satisfying if he lost to a woman.
Hillary Clinton was on Martha’s Vineyard on July 21, the day President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, when her phone rang. Her husband, former president Bill Clinton, had already received a call from the same number, so she knew who wanted to talk to her.
The last time Clinton stood on the convention stage, dressed in suffragist white, she thought she was on track to be the next president. Much has happened since then – from Clinton’s grief over and eventual acceptance of her 2016 loss to the rise of a new generation of Democratic leaders. And America seems more at ease with women as candidates for the highest office, a shift no doubt advanced by Clinton’s candidacies.
“After the disappointment in ’16, I think many, many of us had PTSD – I know I did,” said Susie Tompkins Buell, a longtime friend of Clinton’s and a major Democratic donor who is supporting Harris. “I’ve never been the same. And suddenly, I feel a certain invigoration that I have not had in a long time.”
“She wants to help, she wants to win, and she’s ready to do whatever the campaign asks,” said Nick Merrill, a spokesperson for Clinton.The two women didn’t have much of a relationship before 2020 and Harris’ ascension to the vice presidency. They were on opposite sides of the 2008 presidential primary between Barack Obama and Clinton. Harris was among the first Democratic elected officials to endorse the Illinois senator and worked hard for his election.
Clinton invited Washington veterans whom she trusted and who could talk with Harris – like Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff; Jennifer Palmieri, the longtime political operative who worked for both Clintons and is now advising Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff; veteran Democratic strategists Paul Begala and Karen Finney; and Douglas Elmendorf, the former dean at Harvard Kennedy School.
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