Days after releasing her $275 billion infrastructure investment initiative, Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton will pitch that plan in Orlando at a rally Wednesday at an Orange County recreation center. A running trend is confusion from Clinton over technology, glowing praise from close friends and employees and some insight into what her days looked like at the State Department. In November 2012, Samuel Kaplan, a Minneapolis lawyer and major Democratic donor who was appointed USA ambassador to Morocco, secured a private meeting with Clinton to discuss how he and his wife “might hope to be allied” with her in the future.
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After a marathon congressional hearing in October, Clinton seemed to regain the advantage against Republicans, who had accused her of seeking to keep crucial communications out of the official archive, and sending classified information through a network susceptible to hackers.
While the women speaking Monday were unanimous in their support for Clinton, many other Democrats are undecided or backing other candidates.
The majority ofthe senators cited Clinton’s foreign policy experience as a reason for backing her, often highlighting her tenure as secretary of state.
On the Benghazi attack that killed four Americans, Mrs Clinton shared her distress with her daughter, Chelsea.
Clinton’s campaign didn’t immediately respond Monday to questions about the e-mail.
Clinton’s backers are convinced she’ll come on board eventually.
In 2013, before anyone began campaigning, Warren signed a letter encouraging Clinton to run, but so far has not formally endorsed the former First Lady. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. Or Corning, a company that she knew well from her time in the Senate, would tell her, “They’re trying to put a tariff on us that is going to drive us out of business”.
In a significant policy switch, Clinton also announced her opposition to a massive Asia-Pacific trade deal she had promoted as secretary of state in President Barack Obama’s first term.
If Iowa Democrats aren’t head-over-heels in love, it probably doesn’t matter much, said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll, which conducts monthly surveys in Iowa and New Hampshire.
At least two Senate committees are still investigating Clinton’s email arrangement and seeking the release of correspondence from her top aides. “That’s not going to happen now”, Clinton said. Never a Clinton intimate, Warren has made no public attempt to cozy up.
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But now that Clinton has said she opposes both the TPP and Keystone measures, the gap between the two most powerful women in the Democratic Party has narrowed.
