Hillary Clinton Pans Trump's Handling Of Coronavirus

HOLLYWOOD, FL — Hillary Clinton panned President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic in an interview published Friday though the 72-year-old former Democrat presidential nominee acknowledged her administration would not have been able to keep the virus from entering the shores of the United States either.

"We wouldn't have been able to stop the pandemic at our borders the way that Trump claimed in the beginning, but we sure could have done a better job saving lives, modeling better, more responsible behavior," Clinton told The Hollywood Reporter in a story published online Friday.

"I don't think we necessarily should have had as deep an economic assault on livelihoods and jobs as we have," she said. "So I know I would have done a better job."

The interview was recorded for The Hollywood Reporter's "Awards Chatter" podcast.

"I will tell you, it's frustrating to be on the sidelines in a pandemic," she told the publication. "But I'm trying — through speaking out, and raising money for groups and candidates, and doing everything I can — to stay as involved as possible, even at a distance."

A former U.S. Senator from New York and secretary of state under President Obama, Clinton described watching her new docuseries "Hillary" as an out of body experience.

"Sitting there, watching this, and seeing myself burned in effigy, given what's going on in the world today and how really crazy and scary the time can be, I was like, 'Wow, what was going on then, and what is going on now, that trying to get universal health care provokes that level of hatred?'"