FTN Panel: Clinton Not ‘Done with Being Careful’ on the Campaign Trail

‘Privately, there’s a much different version of Hillary than in TV’

MARCUS: “Are you suggesting a Kardashian's going to throw her hat into the Democratic race?” [Crosstalk]

LEIBOVICH: “You know it’s (indecipherable).”

IFILL: “Why do you think that that's impossible?”

MARCUS: “Anything seems to be possible these days.”

DICKERSON: “But their -- speaking of political celebrity, Mark, you wrote this cover story on Hillary Clinton. And in the cover story you said that -- that she was done with being careful. Is that -- do you think that's true?”

LEIBOVICH: “Well, she said that last year when she was promoting her book. And she said she found it frustrating. She thought voters found it frustrating. We haven't seen it to this point at all in this campaign cycle. And -- and, look, I mean, there is this weird fetish we have in the political system, especially around people like Trump or even Chris Christie. The celebration of the, I'm going to tell it like it is. I'm the truth teller in this race. And I think a lot of people can see right through that. A lot of people can't. But I -- look, Hillary Clinton I think for those who have seen her privately and publicly, and even journalists who have seen her in less plugged in setting, will tell you that there is a much different version of the Hillary Clinton that we see on TV.”

COSTA: “But -- but –“

MARCUS: “But we're not seeing that version on the –“

LEIBOVICH: “No remotely.”

MARCUS: “As you captured, we are not seeing that version on the campaign trail. You watch her CNN interview, which is the only national television interview, and she looked like she was sitting in the dentist chair. This is not a candidate who is running, as Jeb Bush said, joyfully. She's running carefully.”

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