Hillary Clinton on ‘Hard Choices’ Memoir: ‘The Hardest Part Was Writing it’

Hillary says she considered naming the book “The Scrunchie Chronicles: 112 Countries and It is Still All About My Hair”

Hillary Clinton on 'Hard Choices': I considered calling new book 'The Scrunchie Chronicles' (NBC News)

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s new book “Hard Choices” gives readers a glimpse into how she traversed some tough terrain, using both her heart and her head to make difficult decisions.

For the book, which is "about choices I made as Secretary of State and those made by President Obama and other leaders around the world," Clinton writes in her author's note, released Tuesday, that she considered "a number of titles."

The Washington Post "helpfully" asked its readers to send in suggestions, she writes. "One proposed 'It Takes a World,' a fitting sequel to It Takes a Village. My favorite was “The Scrunchie Chronicles: 112 Countries and It’s Still All about My Hair'" — after the public's obsession with her 'dos.

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