Hillary Clinton 2016: The Mystery of the Two Hillarys Politico

Watching her on those two different stages, the contrast between the two Hillarys was stunning. Up close, it felt like The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. From the start of her first trip as secretary of state in February 2009, I was struck by how different she seemed from the presidential candidate she had been only several months before. Clinton was relaxed, at ease with the press and radiating charisma in front of crowds. In Indonesia, thousands of people crammed into a Jakarta slum, all wanting to touch her or catch a glimpse as she greeted new mothers at a maternal health clinic. A member of her American security detail joked privately that if she’d gotten this kind of reception at home, the U.S. election might have turned out differently. When I asked a couple of bystanders why they’d waited hours for a glimpse of a U.S. Cabinet secretary, they looked at me as if I were a moron: “She’s the most famous and powerful woman in the world. Who wouldn’t want to see her?”

She also played the crowds like a natural. I still chuckle at a moment in her second overseas town hall that same trip when a young woman at Ewha Womans University in Seoul asked breathlessly: “I have a question related to love … How did you know your husband was … ” The end of her question was at first inaudible, and for a split second, the American reporters and aides held their breath, wondering at the implication. But the student had asked how Clinton knew her husband was the right one for her, and Clinton exclaimed with a girlish laugh that she felt “more like an advice columnist than like the secretary of state today.” She then launched into an impromptu meditation on love, describing her husband as her best friend and their marriage as “an endless conversation.” She quoted a close friend who told her at the end of her life, “I’ve loved and been loved, and all the rest is background music.” The Korean students cheered her answer, and I was struck that it felt so much more personal and revelatory than almost any moment in Clinton’s campaign.

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Clinton tightens grip on New York Politico

Bernie Sanders is losing ground in New York, although personal observations have the race tightening. The Clinton camp has Hillary winning with allies attributing Sanders’ inability to move the dial here so far in the state — even after Bernie's alleged momentum-building primary and caucus victories — for several reasons. They include the Clintons’ deep ties to their adopted New York state; her strong backing from progressive leaders across New York; a closed primary system that does not allow independents or voters registered to the Green or other minor parties to vote; and Sanders’ consistent inability to break through with communities of color. The Vermont senator’s own missteps and miscalculation with New York's powerful media have compounded his predicament."

Most voters are impressed by the depth of the New York Daily News interviews, which Jane Sanders called "an inquisition". What can we say. Inquiring New York minds expect candidates to be articulate on the issues and aren't so easily swept away with emotion. New Yorkers are notably more pragmatic, expecting both vision and a plan to achieve it.

Hillary Clinton Gets Most Negative and Least Positive Media Coverage

Study: Hillary Clinton, not Donald Trump, gets the most negative media coverage VOX

Crimson Hexagon, a social media software analytics company based in Boston released a new analysis of hundreds of thousands of 2016 presidential campaignonline stories published since January 2015.

Not only did Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton receive the most negative coverage, but also the fewest positive stories. Consider that in the case of Hillary Clinton, the headlines have gone on for decades.