Hillary Clinton: 'OK' As A Person, 'Worried' As An American

Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof at the Women in the World Summit, reflecting on her stunning electoral loss in November and the progress of the Trump administration. Asked how she's doing, she said the loss was "devastating," but now she's doing "OK" as a person — spending time with friends and going on walks in the woods. But as an American, she said, she's worried about the future under the current White House.

She said she doesn't get much joy from watching the struggles of the Trump administration — though she did admit that watching the Republicans fail to pass the American Health Care Act was vindicating. "I admit," she said. "that was somewhat gratifying."

Clinton also indicated that she still stands by her campaign position that we need to impose no fly zones in Syria to reduce the ongoing violence. "We are in an interconnected, interdependent world unlike any we've been in before," she said. "I really believe we should have and still should take out his airfields and prevent him from using to bomb innocent people," she added, referring to Syrian President Assad.

Asked whether she would run for office again, Clinton said that was not her focus right now."I'm not making any plans to do anything," she said. Instead, she mentioned other priorities she has, such as promoting women's rights, helping Democrats win back Congress and spending time with her family.

Regarding the election, Clinton put the blame for her loss on the letter from FBI Director James Comey sent in the weeks before the vote as well as the cumulative effects of allegations from Wikileaks. But she also argued that sexism was a significant factor: "Certainly misogyny played a role. I mean, that has to be admitted."

She said that an independent commission was necessary to get to the bottom of Russia's interference in the election.

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