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What Happened

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by Clinton, Hillary Rodham


  announcement video for, 64

  assembling team for, 65–72, 75

  birthdays and holidays on the road, 93

  Brooklyn headquarters of, 19, 22, 71, 224, 245, 246, 254, 337, 465

  Chelsea Clinton and, 18, 19, 20, 26, 154–56, 157, 248, 384

  children at events for, 98, 143

  concession and speech, 4, 5, 17–19, 27, 141, 258, 381, 385–88, 425, 458–59

  data analytics and, 64, 65, 75–76, 401

  debate prep sessions in, 84, 103–7, 138

  debates with Trump in, 134–39, 232, 346, 373–74

  debate with Sanders in, 230–31, 309

  early days of, 59–81

  Election Day and Night, 377–89, 401–3

  election loss, 17–23, 168, 215

  final whirlwind swing in, 377

  food and, 91–93

  fund-raising for, 97–98

  Hillary viewed as defender of status quo during, 195, 236

  Hillary’s “basket of deplorables” comment and, 413, 418

  historic nature of, 145, 215, 243–59, 388

  life during, 83–107

  logo for, 80, 91, 95

  “Mirrors” ad in, 137–38

  NBC’s “Commander in Chief Forum” and, 217–22

  nomination, xii, xiv, 243–59, 340

  OTR (off the record) visits in, 94, 97

  policy team for, 224, 226

  press corps traveling with, 98–99

  rallies in, 94–96, 100, 124, 143, 184, 377, 395

  reasons for running, 39–57, 63, 208

  reflections on reasons for loss in, 391–425

  Roosevelt Island launch of, 59, 76–81, 248

  roundtable events in, 63, 94, 96–97

  selfies and, 96, 378

  staff of, 22–23, 465

  “Stronger Together” slogan of, 74, 79, 91, 254–55, 397, 425, 453

  town hall meetings in, 62, 135, 186, 189, 203, 214

  victory speech prepared, 380–83

  votes received, xiv, 71, 76, 128, 386–87, 425, 469

  word frequency of Hillary’s speeches in, 396

  and working class and rural communities, 263–87, 394–98

  Clinton, Virginia (mother of Bill), 160

  Clinton administration, 69, 229, 328, 436

  gun laws and, 180, 181

  health care reform and, 150, 202, 207, 209, 234

  impact of, 234–35

  Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing program of, 284

  welfare reform and, 206–8

  Clinton dynasty, 40

  Clinton fatigue, 40, 301

  Clinton Foundation, 41–42, 47, 66, 302, 317, 349, 350

  Adapt Pharma and, 61–62

  Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), 42–44

  Clinton Rules, 320–21

  Clue of the Tapping Heels, The (Keene), 88

  Clyburn, Jim, 70

  CNN, 60, 231, 362, 372, 392

  coal miners, 232, 235, 263–66, 269–76, 278–80, 282–83, 286

  Upper Big Branch Mine disaster, 273, 275–76

  Cohen, Leonard, 31

  Cohn, Gary, 282

  Colbert, Stephen, 9, 326

  Cold War, 56, 332, 333

  Coleman, Bernard, 71

  college, 241, 284

  costs of, 54, 62, 226, 231, 234, 235, 238, 423

  Colorado, 70, 384, 402

  Columbia Journalism Review, 44

  Columbine High School massacre, 181

  Comey, Jim, 379, 381, 386, 393

  DNC computer hacking and, 338

  email investigation and, 290–92, 297, 307–20, 322, 348, 351, 354

  October 28 letter to Congress from, 313–14, 317, 319–20, 384, 392, 394, 403–7, 418, 443

  press conference of, 310–12, 364

  Reid’s letters to, 345–46, 350–51

  Russia investigation and, 291, 304–5, 345, 347, 351, 354, 355, 369, 406

  Russian forged document and, 364

  Trump’s firing of, 290–91

  Commander in Chief Forum, 217–22

  Congress, U.S., 134, 180, 201, 206, 207, 224, 229, 237, 269, 326, 372, 410, 423, 450

  Comey’s October 28 letter to, 313–14, 317, 319–20, 384, 392, 394, 403–7, 418, 443

  Flint water crisis and, 213

  see also Senate, U.S.

  conspiracy theories, 191, 326, 342, 352, 365, 366, 407

  Constitution, 325

  Khan and, 256

  Second Amendment to, 182, 187–88

  Nineteenth Amendment to, 14, 248

  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 225

  Conway, Kellyanne, 9

  Cook, Tim, 372

  Cookstra, Brian, 467

  Cooper, Anderson, 231

  Copley, Bo, 279–81

  Copley, Lauren, 279, 281

  Cornyn, John, 12

  corporate power, 8, 78, 228

  Costa, Kristina, 103

  Cotton, Tom, 50

  Crabtree’s Kittle House Restaurant and Inn, 253

  crack epidemic, 204

  Craig, Brynne, 70, 467

  crime, 8, 267

  organized, 336

  see also law enforcement and criminal justice

  Crimean Peninsula and Ukraine, 330–31, 333, 336, 339–41, 343, 360, 364, 372

  Crowdstrike, 338

  Cruz, Ted, 40, 342

  Cummings, Elijah, 304

  Cuomo, Mario, 51

  cyber warfare, 333, 338, 341, 355–56, 359, 364, 365, 369–71, 374–75

  Daily Show, The, 222

  Daley, Richard, 198

  Dalrymple, Alice, 468

  Daou, Peter, 23

  data analytics, 64, 65, 75–76, 368, 401, 421–22

  Daughtry, Leah, 340

  Davidson, Jon, 467

  Davis, Jordan, 175

  Day, Andra, 95

  Dean, Howard, 452–53, 467

  Declaration of Independence, 250

  Declaration of Sentiments, 246, 258

  Defense Intelligence Agency, 336

  de la Renta, Oscar and Annette, 55

  democracy, 202, 370, 372, 375, 378, 381, 388, 431, 458

  partisan politics and, 201

  Russian attacks on, 221, 325–26, 333, 341, 345, 356, 358; see also Russia

  Democracy in America (de Tocqueville), 432

  Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 359

  Democratic National Committee (DNC), 421, 452, 465

  hacking attack on, 337–42, 346–48, 358

  Democratic National Convention of 1968, 197–98

  Democratic National Convention of 2016, 28, 81, 173, 177, 248–57, 340, 378

  Bill Clinton at, 144, 249, 252, 378

  Chelsea Clinton at, 148–49, 150, 249, 256–57, 378

  Hillary Clinton at, xii, 187, 249, 253–57

  Michelle Obama at, 249, 340

  Democrats, Democratic Party, 22, 26, 40, 48–50, 53, 55–56, 76, 201, 205, 219, 225, 229, 236–38, 241, 285–86, 380, 392, 393, 395, 404, 408, 465, 467–68

  Bill Clinton and, 234–35

  Eleanor Roosevelt and, 448

  environmental issues and, 273–74

  future of, 421–25, 449–55, 468

  guns and, 180, 188–89

  health care and, 234

  optimism and, 278

  Reagan and, 416

  Russian propaganda and, 362

  Sanders and, 226, 229

  sexism and, 127–28

  third-party candidates and, 402

  Trump supporters among, 416–17, 422

  working class and, 267, 273–74, 276, 404, 416–17

  Denmark, 231, 365

  Deol, Amar, 468

  Depression, Great, 56, 67, 78

  Des Moines Register, 226

  Destruction of Hillary Clinton, The (Bordo), 126

  Detroit, Mich., 211, 384

  Deuel, Pastor Matt, 32

  Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency (Green), 405
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br />   Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society, 128

  Dickens, Charles, 32

  Dionne, E. J., 81

  Dodson, James, 335

  Doe, Emily, 140–41

  Dole, Bob, 123, 438

  Donald J. Trump Foundation, 46–47, 223

  Donovan, Ray, 311

  Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 324

  Douglass, Frederick, 246

  Dowd, Katie, 70

  Downton Abbey, 31

  Drane, LaDavia, 174

  Dreamers, 8

  Drew, Nancy, 88

  Drudge Report, 349

  drug abuse, 205, 267–68, 279

  crack epidemic, 204

  opioid epidemic, 42, 61–62, 203, 236, 281–82

  Dunn, Karen, 103, 230, 467

  Earhart, Amelia, 142

  “East Coker” (Eliot), 38, 56–57

  eBay, 266

  Ebeling, Betsy, 197–98, 250, 252, 313, 314

  Ebola epidemic, 43, 48–49

  economy, 8, 10, 39, 52, 54, 63, 67, 79, 81, 225, 231, 235, 236, 239, 271, 278, 285, 417–18, 422–24

  financial crisis of 2008–2009, 8, 40, 46, 48, 67, 78, 236, 417

  Hillary Clinton’s proposals for, 235–36

  voters’ anxiety over, 410–18

  see also jobs

  Edelman, Marian Wright, 194, 196, 199–201, 207–8, 215

  Edelman, Peter, 207

  Education for All Handicapped Children Act, 201

  Edwards, John, 69, 124

  Egypt, 202–3, 229

  Ehrmann, Max, 469

  Eisenhower, Dwight, 25, 449

  Electoral College, 378, 386–87, 406, 407

  Elias, Marc, 337, 467

  Eliot, T. S., 38, 56–57

  Elizabeth II, Queen, 31

  Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, 350

  email controversy, 11, 71–73, 74, 86, 120, 122, 219–23, 289–323, 364, 403–6, 468

  and classification of documents, 305–8, 310–11

  Comey and, 290–92, 297, 307–20, 322, 348, 351, 354

  Comey’s October 28 letter to Congress and, 313–14, 317, 319–20, 384, 392, 394, 403–7, 418, 443

  Comey’s press conference and, 310–21, 364

  and convenience of email setup, 292–95

  and deletions of emails, 299–300, 341

  hacking vulnerability and, 297

  Hillary Clinton’s press conference on, 303

  investigations in, 219, 220, 249, 290–92, 297, 304–5, 309–15, 317, 322, 351

  media coverage of, 15, 73, 74, 219–23, 225, 236, 289, 301–5, 318–21, 348, 393, 399, 403, 406, 418

  national security and, 73, 219–22, 290, 308–10

  New York Times and, 301–5, 307, 313, 315, 319–20

  public release of emails in, 302–3, 306

  Sanders on, 290, 309

  State Department and, 295–96, 295–96, 297, 299–300, 302–3, 306, 322, 341, 348

  Weiner and, 314–15

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo (attributed), 216

  EMILY’s List, 70

  empathy, 418, 442–44

  employment, see jobs

  energy production, 42, 43, 235, 239–40, 266

  coal miners and, see coal miners

  fossil fuels, 239, 269, 270

  Engagement Labs, 404

  Enlightenment, 458

  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 274

  environmental regulations, 273–74

  Ephron, Nora, 110

  Ernie, 168

  Erwin, Lisa, 468

  Esquire, 320

  European Union, 332, 335

  Brexit and, 50, 368

  Evans, Jonathan, 468

  Everytown for Gun Safety, 191

  exercise, 86

  Exeter, N.H., 214

  Facebook, 21, 27, 71, 125, 225, 227, 263, 349, 350, 360, 368, 372, 422

  fake groups and accounts on, 361, 364–65

  Pantsuit Nation group on, 127, 361

  Russian propaganda on, 359–62

  facts, see truth and facts

  faith, 31–32, 34

  fake news, 349–52, 359–61, 372, 393, 406, 418

  Fallon, Brian, 69

  false equivalency, 219–20, 392

  Fay, Brad, 404

  FBI, 72, 75, 316–17, 357, 382, 386, 407, 448

  DNC hacking and, 337

  email investigations of, 219, 220, 249, 290–92, 297, 304, 309–10, 314, 322

  Russia investigation of, 233, 291, 304–5, 312, 318, 320, 345, 347, 353–55

  Russian fake document sent to, 363–64

  Weiner and, 314–15

  Federal Election Commission, 362, 372

  Feingold, Russ, 394, 411

  Feinstein, Dianne, 142

  feminism, 128, 132

  defining, 132

  see also women’s movement

  Ferguson, Jesse, 72

  Ferrante, Elena, 29

  Ferraro, Geraldine, 142

  financial crisis of 2008–2009, 8, 40, 46, 48, 67, 78, 236, 417

  financial industry, 23, 46, 97, 225–26, 228, 229, 231, 235, 276

  Finch, Charles, 253

  Finney, Karen, 69

  Fiorina, Carly, 137

  First Calvary Baptist Church, 440

  Fischer, YJ, 467

  FiveThirtyEight.com, 407

  Fliegelman, Oren, 467

  Flint water crisis, 209–15, 223

  Flores, Oscar, 85, 89, 467

  Florida, 383, 384, 407, 412

  Flournoy, Tina, 467

  Flynn, Michael, 300–301, 336, 354, 357–58, 411

  focus groups, 65

  Foer, Franklin, 346, 355

  food stamps, 206, 207, 238

  foreign policy, 218

  NBC’s “Commander in Chief Forum” and, 217–22

  Trump and, 233, 334–35

  see also national security

  Forman, James, Jr., 205

  fossil fuels, 239, 269, 270

  Four Freedoms Park, 79

  Fox News, 9, 265, 278, 297, 316, 317, 349, 359, 360, 366–67, 369, 373

  France, 332, 365, 408, 409

  Francis, Pope, 335, 360, 443

  Frank, Thomas, 274

  Franklin, Benjamin, 432

  Franklin & Marshall Poll, 402–3

  Frarey, Tiffany, 468

  Frazier, Joe, 18

  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 296, 304, 306

  Freeman, Jelani, 251

  Friedman, Danielle, 467

  Friedman, Tom, 348

  friendships, 168–69

  of Hillary Clinton, 133, 167–71

  Frost, Robert, 376

  Fudge, Marcia, 340

  Fulton, Sybrina, 174, 179

  Funny or Die, 102

  Gaddafi, Muammar, 328

  Galifianakis, Zach, 101, 102

  Gallup, 48, 399

  García Márquez, Gabriel, 153

  Garner, Eric, 175, 185

  Gates, Bill, 241

  Gates, Melinda, 43

  Gates Foundation, 43

  Gayle, Tyrone, 72, 355

  Gazprom, 336

  Gelber, Ethan, 467

  General Social Survey, 413

  Gensler, Gary, 226

  Georgetown University, 35

  George Washington Bridge, 249

  George Washington University, 373, 412

  Georgia, 49

  Gerasimov, Valery, 331

  Germany, 332, 335, 365

  Gerrity, Megan, 468

  Gessen, Masha, 369

  Gibran, Kahlil, 152

  Giffords, Gabby, 189, 191

  Gillibrand, Kirsten, 139

  Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 11, 86, 170

  Giuliani, Rudy, 316–17

  globalization, 39, 78

  Goetz, Isabelle, 87

  Goff, Teddy, 70, 467

  Goldstein, Cary, 468

  Gonzalez, Alberto, 315

  Goodlander, Maggie, 94

  Google, 70, 360, 372, 407

  Gordon, Phi
l, 305

  Gore, Al, 9, 397, 452

  in presidential election of 2000, 5, 180

  Gore, Tipper, 397

  Gorkov, Sergey, 357

  government, size and role of, 237

  Gowdy, Trey, 298–99

  Graduate, The, 431

  Graham, Franklin, 332

  Graham, Jorie, 382, 467

  Grassley, Chuck, 295–96

  grassroots organizing, 13, 14, 64, 453–55, 468

  gratitude, 34

  Great Britain, 50, 235, 335, 365, 368

  Great Depression, 56, 67, 78

  Great Expectations (Dickens), 32

  Great Recession, 271

  Great Society, 451

  Green, Joshua, 405

  Greenberg, Stan, 416–17, 418

  Ground Zero first responders, 176, 251, 415

  Grunwald, Mandy, 65, 103, 226, 255

  Guardian, 321

  Guccifer, 338, 339, 357

  GuideStar, 44

  guns, 50, 173–91, 204, 274

  accountability for makers and sellers of, 183, 186–87, 190

  background checks and, 180, 183, 187

  Brady Bill and, 180, 183, 186

  Clinton administration and, 180, 181

  Columbine High School massacre, 181

  Democrats and, 180, 188–89

  Giffords and, 189, 191

  hunting and, 181–82

  law-abiding owners of, 181–82

  loopholes in laws on, 183

  Michael Brown shooting, 180

  Mother Emanuel Church massacre, 183, 440–41

  Mothers of the Movement and, 173–76, 178–80, 183–85, 189, 191, 415

  no-fly list and, 183, 187

  NRA and, 142, 174, 180–83, 185–87, 188, 191

  Obama and, 186, 187

  police officers and, 173–80, 184–85, 203, 415

  Pulse nightclub shooting, 187

  race and, 174–75, 178

  Republicans and, 187

  safety laws for, 178, 180, 182, 183, 187, 191

  Sanders and, 185–87, 230

  Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, 183, 189–91, 352

  Second Amendment and, 182, 187–88

  Trayvon Martin shooting, 174–75, 179

  Trump and, 187–88, 191

  Umpqua Community College shooting, 187

  Hable, Shane, 467

  Hagan, Kay, 49

  Hagenbuch, Tyler, 467

  Haiti, 43, 450

  Hale, Greg, 245, 380

  “Hallelujah” (Cohen), 31

  Hamilton, 129

  Hamilton, Alexander, 387

  Hamilton, Dontre, 178

  Hamilton, Maria, 178

  Handmaid’s Tale, The (Atwood), 126

  Hannah, 21

  Hannon, Stephanie, 70

  Hard Choices (Clinton), 44, 47, 466

  Harkin, Tom, 60

  Harris, Kamala, 137

  Harris, Maya, 174, 206, 213, 467

  Harvard Law School, 117

  Harvard University, 35

  Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 220, 222–23, 318

  Havel, Václav, 457, 458

  Hawking, Stephen, 241

  HBO, 55

  Head Start, 196

 

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