2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: No, Hillary Clinton is not too old to be president [View all]karynnj
(59,503 posts)I think she did a great thing in going there and it was great reaching out to young Africans. However, especially given her knowledge of the culture, it could have been a teaching moment that did not strike out at the young man, who did not seem to have been asking an intentionally negative question.
In fact, GIVEN all the things she saw there, it was a NIT - not a mountain - that he asked what her husband thought. (In fact, most of what she said could have been pleasantly said - Bill was outside the government and had no official role, while she, as SOS, would give the President her opinion, and the President would ultimately make the decision - possibly after getting the opinion of people like Max Baucus, chair of the Finance committee who would shepard it through the Senate for confirmation. ) The outrage might be understandable to some, but it was not a high point.