Clinton Defends Albright Telling Female Sanders Voters They’re Going to Hell

‘Madeleine has been saying this for many, many years’

TODD: "Before I let you go I want to ask you about a comment former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said, a comment that I've heard her say before. But it sort of rang differently to a lot of people. She said, 'there's a special place in Hell for women who don't help women.' But the implication is that somehow if you're a Democratic woman and you're not supporting you, what's wrong with you? Do you want the vote to be decided on gender lines like this?" 
CLINTON: "Oh, look, as you remember, Madeleine has been saying this for many, many years." 
TODD: "Starbucks cups I think. I get that." 
CLINTON: "She believes it firmly and in part because she knows what a struggle it has been. And she understands the struggle is not over. So I don't want people to be offended by what she is expressing as her very --" 
TODD: "You can understand why some might have been offended?" 
CLINTON: "Well, good grief, we're getting offended about everything these days. Honest to goodness, I mean, people can't say anything without offending somebody. She has a life experience that I respect. I admire her greatly. And I think what she was trying to do, which she's done in every setting I've ever seen her in going back 20-plus years, was to remind young women particularly that this struggle which many of us have been part of is not over. And don't be in any way lulled by the progress we've made. And I think it was a light-hearted but very pointed remark that people can take however they choose."

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