Hillary Clinton, who said she is going through the ‘painful process’ of writing a book dealing in part with the election, also said misogyny played a role in her defeat. Photo: ReutersHillary Clinton said on Tuesday she was on the path to victory in the 2016 presidential election until late interference by Russian hackers and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey scared off some potential supporters. “If the election had been on October 27, I would be your president,” she told a women’s conference moderated by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “It wasn’t a perfect campaign, but I was on the way to winning until a combination of Comey’s letter and Russian WikiLeaks,” the Democrat said of the loss to Republican Donald Trump. “There is a lot that we don’t really yet fully know about what was part of that strike,” she said.

Source: Mint May 03, 2017 04:41 UTC