WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT HILLARY CLINTONS

DEBATE PERFORMANCE
Overall Performance
USA Today Editorial: Clinton Was Hardly Flawless Tuesday Night. (Editorial, Democratic Debate
Takeaways: Our View, USA Today, 10/13/15)

The Washington Posts David Fahrenthold: Clintons Attempts To Describe Past

Accomplishments Often Turned Out Oddly. Clinton appeared confident, but her attempts to
describe past accomplishments often turned out oddly. She praised the U.S. effort to topple Libyan
dictator Moammar Gaddafi, but spent little time talking about the chaos that followed when Gaddafi
was gone. To cast herself as tough on Wall Street, Clinton told a story of confronting bankers and
telling them to Cut it outa few months before a financial collapse that began with bad bets on Wall
Street. (David Fahrenthold, Clinton, Sanders Dominate Conversation After Democratic Debate, The Washington Post, 10/13/15)
The Washington Posts Amber Phillips: Clinton On Tuesday Served Notice That
She's Willing To Use Precious Time On Stage Slamming A Dark-Horse Challenger
Who's Giving Her A Run For Her Money. (Amber Phillips, Hillary Clinton Serves Notice To Bernie Sanders: No More
Truce, The Washington Posts The Fix, 10/13/15)

ABC News Rick Klein: A Non-Answer On Legalized Marijuana And A Parody-Worthy

Response On The Keystone Pipeline - I Never Took A Position On Keystone Until I
Took A Position On Keystone - Were Reminders Of The Kinds Of Things That Give
Democrats Pause About Her Candidacy. (Rick Klein, Analysis: On Attack, Hillary Clinton Regains Control Of
Democratic Race, ABC News, 10/13/15)

FiveThirtyEights Nate Silver: Clinton Gave Ambiguous Or Evasive Answers On Several

Questions, Such As On Marijuana Legalization And Health Care Benefits For Children
Of Immigrants Who Entered The Country Illegally. (Nate Silver, The Media Underestimated Hillary Clinton, But
Overestimated Her Debate, FiveThirtyEights Data Lab, 10/14/15)

VIDEO: CNNs Marc Lamont Hill: During The Debate, Hillary Clinton Was Playing To
Peoples Insecurities And Their Fears. CAROL COSTELLO: We have Hillary Clintons
comment, and I want you to comment on that, Marc. Lets play how Hillary Clinton described her
politics. HILLARY CLINTON (CLIP): Im a progressive. But Im a progressive who likes to get things
done and I know how to find common ground and I know how to stand my ground. COSTELLO:
And of course, as you know, Marc, Bernie Sanders was talking up Denmark and Hillary Clinton
slammed not slammed Denmark; she said she loved Denmark but were the United States. Go
ahead, Marc. MARC LAMONT HILL: Yeah. I mean shes playing to peoples insecurities and their
fears, and people often vote their fears rather than their dreams. (CNNs Newsroom, 9/14/15)

Authenticity
Bloombergs Mark Halperin: Clinton Was Too Synthetic And Brittle Defending Her
Flip Flops, Political Pandering, Keystone Chronology, Wall Street Ties, And Private
Server (Mark Halperin, Grading The Democratic Debate: Hillary Clinton Schools Her Rivals, Bloomberg, 10/13/15)

The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board: Editorial: Bernie Sanders Night: Authenticity
Wins The Democratic Debate (Editorial, Editorial: Bernie Sanders Night: Authenticity Wins The Democratic Debate, The
Chicago Tribune, 10/13/15)

Policy Mics Gregory Krieg: The Search For The Mythic Creature Known As The Real
Hillary Has Become A Theme Of Clintons Post-Senate Career. (Gregory Kreig, Hillary Clinton Won
The First Democratic Debate And Regained Control Of Her Candidacy, Policy Mic, 10/14/15)

Bloombergs John Heilemann: Clintons Strengths Are Twinned With Her

Weaknesses: A Propensity To Wade Into A Thicket Of Detail, To Be Too Programmatic,
To Allow Her Humor And Humanity To Get Lost In The Shuffle, At Times To
Condescend. (John Heilemann, Hillary Clinton Runs The Table In Vegas Debate, Bloomberg, 10/14/15)
The Arizona Republics Linda Valdez: Valdez: Hillarys Troubling Sincerity Deficit
(Linda Valdez, Op-Ed, Valdez: Hillarys Troubling Sincerity Deficit, The Arizona Republic, 10/13/15)

Valdez: Clintons Particular Lack Of Warmth May Be The Reason Bernie Sanders Is
Nipping At Her Designer Heels. Sanders Has Intensity That Looks More Authentic
Than Her Polish. Whats More, He Makes His Practiced Lines Look Spontaneous,
Which Clinton Simply Cant Do. (Linda Valdez, Op-Ed, Valdez: Hillarys Troubling Sincerity Deficit, The Arizona
Republic, 10/13/15)

ON THE ISSUES
Flip-Flopping
The Associated Presss Ken Thomas And Nicholas Riccardi: Clinton Was Taken To
Task For Her Shifting Views On The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal And Her
Recently Announced Opposition To The Keystone XL Oil Pipeline. (Ken Thomas and Nicholas
Riccardi, Debate Takeaways: Clinton On Offense, Defuses Email Issue, The Associated Press, 10/14/15)

The Associated Press Lisa Lerer: Much Of The Forum Amounted To A Referendum On
Clinton's Near-Quarter-Century In Politics: Her Senate Vote For The Iraq War, Shifts
To The Left On Issues Like Trade, The Private Email Server She Used While Secretary
Of State And Her Foreign Policy Judgment. She Vigorously Defended Herself While
Asserting That Everyone On Stage Had Changed A Position Or Two During Their
Political Careers. (Lisa Lerer, Analysis: Clinton Confident In Debate, May Ease Concerns, The Associated Press, 10/14/15)
TIMEs Zeke Miller And Sam Frizell: In One Of Her Weaker Moments, Clinton
Struggled To Explain Her Shifting Positions Over The Years On The Trans-Pacific
Partnership And The Keystone XL Pipeline. (Zeke Miller and Sam Frizell, A Confident Clinton Goes On Offense In
Democratic Debate, Time, 10/14/15)

CNBCs Daniel Libit: Clintons Weakest Moments Came While She Tried To Address
Criticism That She Flip-Flops in The Political Wind, As Evidenced By Her Newly Minted
Oppositions To The Keystone Pipeline And The Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Daniel Libit, What
We Learned About Hillary Clinton, CNBC, 10/14/15)

National Journals Ron Fournier: Flip-Flopping On The Trans-Pacific Partnership

And The Keystone Xl Pipeline Add Weight To The Argument Made By Democrats And
Republicans Alike That Clinton Is A Malleable Opportunist. (Ron Fournier, Hillary Clinton Won (But It
Wont Always Be This Way), National Journal, 10/13/15)

Slates Jamelle Bouie: A More Skilled And Knowledgeable Debater Could Have
Challenged (Even Flustered) Her On The Trans-Pacific Partnership And Libya, Areas
Where She Was Allowed To Obfuscate Previous Positions And Important Details To
Avoid Scrutiny. (Jamelle Bouie, Hillarys Debate Should End The Biden Talk, Slate, 10/14/15)

CNNs MJ Lee, Nia-Malika Henderson, And Eric Bradner: Clinton Stuck To Familiar
Script On Flip Flops, But Theres Only So Far That Can Get Her. (MJ Lee, Nia-Malika Henderson,
and Eric Bradner, Democratic Debate: 6 Takeaways From Las Vegas, CNN, 10/14/15)

VIDEO: CNNs Nia Malika Henderson: But This Is Gonna Dog Her, This Issue Of
Flip Flopping. (CNN, 10/13/15)

The Associated Press Lisa Lerer: Clinton Struggled At Times To Explain Why Her
Positions Have Seemed To Shift With The Electoral Calendar. (Lisa Lerer, Analysis: Clinton Confident
In Debate, May Ease Concerns, The Associated Press, 10/14/15)

Politicos Alex Isenstadt: As Clinton Swatted Down Her More Liberal Rivals,
[Republicans] Noted, She Was Compelled To Take Stances That Pushed Her To The Left
As When She Voiced Outspoken Support Of Gun Control Legislation That Could
Hurt Her Later. (Alex Isenstadt, Clinton Impresses Republicans, But Some See Hints Of Weakness, Politico, 10/14/15)

Keystone Pipeline
The Associated Presss Ken Thomas And Nicholas Riccardi: [Clinton] Had To Defend
Her Shifting Views Of The Keystone XL Oil Pipeline And The Trans-Pacific
Partnership. (Ken Thomas and Nicholas Riccardi, Scorecard: How The Democrats Fared In Their 1st Debate, The Associated Press,
10/14/15)

Thomas And Riccardi: Clintons Keystone Line Had Echoes Of John Kerrys 2004
Presidential Campaign. I never took a position on Keystone until I took a position on
Keystone, Clinton said in a line that had echoes of John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. (Ken
Thomas and Nicholas Riccardi, Debate Takeaways: Clinton On Offense, Defuses Email Issue, The Associated Press, 10/14/15)

Ralston Reports Jon Ralston: Clinton Had One Notable, Kerryesque Gaffe I Never
Took A Position On Keystone Until I Took A Position On Keystone. (Jon Ralston, Ralston Reports:
Hillary Clinton Cleans Up In Vegas Debate, Reno Gazette-Journal, 10/14/15)

CNBCs Daniel Libit: And She Only Dug Herself In Deeper By Delivering The Evenings
Most Oppo-Research-Friendly Line, I Never Took A Position On Keystone Until I Took
A Position On Keystone, Which Reads Like The Offspring Of A John Kerry Gaffe And A
Bill Clinton Equivocation. (Daniel Libit, What We Learned About Hillary Clinton, CNBC, 10/14/15)
NPR Amita Kelly: Clintons Keystone Line Was Her Worst Moment. Worst: Never took
a position. I never took a position on Keystone until I took a position on Keystone, Clinton said as
she defended her record on climate change policy. (Amita Kelly, 5 Hits And 5 Misses From The Democratic Debate, NPRs
Its All Politics, 10/14/15)

CNNs MJ Lee, Nia-Malika Henderson And Eric Bradner: But It Was Her Answer To
Why She Took So Long To Oppose The Keystone Pipeline That Could Cause Headaches
For The Former Secretary Of State Down The Line. (MJ Lee, Nia-Malika Henderson and Eric Bradner,
Democratic Debate: 6 Takeaways From Las Vegas, CNN, 10/14/15)

The Des Moines Registers Brianne Pfannenstiel: Clinton May Have Put Her Foot In
Her Mouth When She Said She Never Took A Position On Keystone Until I Took A
Position On Keystone. (Brianne Pfannenstiel, Iowa Dems: No Game Changer In Debate, The Des Moines Register, 10/14/15)

Trade
The Associated Press AP FACT CHECK: Hillary Rodham Clinton Offered Some
Revisionist History Tuesday Night When Insisting Shes Not A Flip-Flopper On A Trade
Deal That She Heartily Promoted As Secretary Of State But Turned Against Last Week
As A Democratic Presidential Candidate. (Christopher Rugaber and Calvin Woodward, AP FACT CHECK: Clinton
Revises Trade History In Dem Debate, The Associated Press, 10/13/15)

BuzzFeed Headline: Hillary Clinton Misquotes Herself On Trans-Pacific Partnership

At Democratic Debate (Ilan Ben-Meir, Hillary Clinton Misquotes Herself On Trans-Pacific Partnership At Democratic Debate,
BuzzFeed, 10/13/15)

The New York Times: Clintons Trade Flip-Flop Strikes Many As Not A Tarnished Gold
Standard, But A Politically Expedient Decision Hillary Rodham Clinton, confronted with
her 2012 speech in Australia where she called the Trans-Pacific Partnership the gold standard in
trade agreements, said she had hoped it would be the gold standard, but she claimed that when it
was concluded recently, it fell short. That strikes many as not a tarnished gold standard, but a
politically expedient decision. (Fact Check: Hillary Clintons Shift On Pacific Trade Deal, The New York Times, 10/13/15)
CNN Fact Check: VERDICT: Clintons Claim She Said She Hoped TPP Would Be The
Gold Standard Is False. She Said It Was The Gold Standard And Fully Supported The
Negotiations. (Tami Luhby, Tom LoBianco, Theodore Schleifer and Laura Koran, Democratic Debate: Fact-Checking The Candidates,
CNN, 10/13/15)

VIDEO: MSNBCs Andrea Mitchell: Where [Clinton] Was Vulnerable Tonight Was
Defending Her Shift On Trade. (MSNBC, 10/14/15)

Obamas 3rd Term

Politicos Michael Crowley: Clinton Ties Her Record To Obamas (Michael Crowley, Clinton Ties Her
Record To Obamas, Politico, 10/13/15)

The Associated Press Lisa Lerer: Perhaps Conscious Of The Threat Biden Could Pose,
Clinton Sought To Defuse Questions About Her Record By Portraying Herself As
President Barack Obama's Natural Successor, The Person He Turned To When Looking
For His First Secretary Of State. When Asked How Shed Differ From Obama, Clinton
Mildly Noted That She Would Be The First Woman President If Elected. (Lisa Lerer, Analysis:
Clinton Confident In Debate, May Ease Concerns, The Associated Press, 10/14/15)

Bloombergs Margaret Talev, Jennifer Epstein And Sahil Kapur: Clinton Repeatedly
Praised Obama And Sought To Associate Herself With His Agenda. During the debate,
Clinton repeatedly praised Obama and sought to associate herself with his agenda, calling him a great
moral leader on criminal justice reform and backing his policies on climate change and the financial
reform law. (Margaret Talev, Jennifer Epstein and Sahil Kapur, Clinton And Sanders Clash Over Reining In Wall Street, Bloomberg, 10/14/15)
TIMEs Zeke Miller And Sam Frizell: In A Calculated Move Designed To Appeal To The
Primary Audience, Clinton Aligned Herself Closely With Obama. (Zeke Miller and Sam Friell, A
Confident Clinton Goes On Offense In Democratic Debate, Time, 10/14/15)

Email Controversy
National Journals Ron Fournier: Clintons Email Scandal Is Not Going To Go Away
Not With The FBI Investigating Whether Confidential Information Was Mishandled
Under Clintons System, And Not With Independent Voters Losing Faith In Clintons
Word. (Ron Fournier, Hillary Clinton Won (But It Wont Always Be This Way), National Journal, 10/13/15)
The New York Times Frank Bruni: The Discussion Of Clintons Private Email Server
Prompted A Visible Stiffening Of Her Posture And Was Possibly Her Worst
Moment. But she was seldom rattled, though the discussion of her use of a home-brewed server
for her emails as secretary of state did prompt a visible stiffening of her posture, a conspicuous strain
in her smile. Will she ever, ever find language that takes full ownership of her mistake and that puts
real flesh on her continued claim that shes being as transparent as possible? It was possibly her worst
moment. (Frank Bruni, Hillary Clintons Democratic Magic, The New York Times, 10/13/15)

The Washington Post Headline: Hillary Clinton Got Help About Her E-Mails, But The
Controversy Isnt Going Away (Katie Zezima, Hillary Clinton Got Help About Her E-Mails, But The Controversy Isnt Going
Away, The Washington Posts Post Politics, 10/14/15)

USA Today Editorial: Nor Did She Manage To Decisively Handle The Controversy Over
The Email System She Used As Secretary Of State Until Rival Bernie Sanders Threw Her
A Lifeline (Editorial, Democratic Debate Takeaways: Our View, USA Today, 10/13/15)

Wall Street
VIDEO: CNNs Maeve Reston On Clinton Pushing For States To Regulate Wall Street:
Its An Elegant Dodge But It Certainly Wasnt The Way The Some Democrats Would
Have Wanted Her To Answer That Question. (CNN, 10/14/15)
New York Daily News Cameron Joseph: Clinton Faced Scrutiny For Her Opposition
To Some Wall Street Reforms, And She Took Plenty Of Heat On Foreign Policy. (Cameron
Joseph, Hillary Clinton And Bernie Sanders Face Off In First 2016 Democratic Debate, But Trade Few Punches, New York Daily News, 10/14/15)

Politicos Glenn Thrush: Clintons Rhetoric On The Financial Services Industry

Seemed Tepid And Reactive. Compared to Sanders battle-cry, Clintons rhetoric seemed tepid
and reactive. I represented Wall Street when I was a senator from New York, she said. I went to Wall
Street and said, Cut it out. Not exactly pitchforks. (Glenn Thrush, Note To Biden: Clintons Alive, Politico, 10/14/15)
The Washington Posts Chris Cillizza: Her I Represented Wall Street Line Will Likely
Be Used In An Ad Against Her, And Her Inability To Cite Anything Other Than Her
Gender To Differentiate Her Presidency From That Of Obama Was Not So Good. (Chris
Cillizza, Winners And Losers From The First Democratic Presidential Debate, The Washington Posts The Fix, 10/13/15)

Immigration
The Hill Headline: Clinton Shifts Stance On Healthcare For Undocumented
Immigrants (Sarah Ferris, Clinton Shifts Stance On Healthcare For Undocumented Immigrants, The Hill, 10/13/15)

Energy And Environment

The New York Times Headline: Hillary Clinton Fails To Detail Climate Plan (Coral
Davenport, Hillary Clinton Fails To Detail Climate Plan, The New York Times, 10/13/15)

The New York Times Coral Davenport: Clinton Chose To Avoid The Issue Of What
Precisely She Would Do On Climate Change. (Coral Davenport, Hillary Clinton Fails To Detail Climate Plan,
The New York Times, 10/13/15)

Instead Of Laying Out A Plan, She Repeated The Anecdote Of How She And
President Obama Burst In Unexpectedly On The Chinese Climate Negotiators And
Forced Them To Strike A Deal In 2009. (Coral Davenport, Hillary Clinton Fails To Detail Climate Plan, The New
York Times, 10/13/15)

Pharmaceuticals
International Business Times Headline: Democratic Debate 2015: Hillary Clintons
Enemies In Pharmaceutical And Insurance Industries Have Supported Her
Campaigns, Foundation (Andrew Perez and David Sirota, Democratic Debate 2015: Hillary Clintons Enemies In Pharmaceutical
And Insurance Industries Have Supported Her Campaigns, Foundation, International Business Times, 10/14/15)

International Business Times Andrew Perez And David Sirota: Health Insurance
Companies And Drug Companies Have Been Some Of [Clintons] Biggest Financial
Supporters. (Andrew Perez and David Sirota, Democratic Debate 2015: Hillary Clintons Enemies In Pharmaceutical And Insurance
Industries Have Supported Her Campaigns, Foundation, International Business Times, 10/14/15)

Climate Change
Slate Headline: Hillary Clinton Is Living In A Climate Change Fantasy World (Eric Holthaus,
Hillary Clinton Is Living In A Climate Change Fantasy World, Slate, 10/14/15)

Slates Eric Holthaus: About Midway Through The Debate, Clinton Staked Her Climate
Record On Whats Widely Perceived To Have Been One Of The Biggest Diplomatic
Failures In Recent History The Copenhagen Climate Summit in 2009. (Eric Holthaus, Hillary
Clinton Is Living In A Climate Change Fantasy World, Slate, 10/14/15)

MSNBCs Tony Dokoupil: Clinton Indicated She Had A Central Role In The 2009
Copenhagen Accords, Which Was A Contentious Near Total Failure. On Tuesday she
worked hard to portray these decisions as true to a long history of environmental action, including a
central role in the 2009 Copenhagen Accords the first climate agreement signed by China. That
conference was a contentious near total failure, salvaged in the final hours when world leaders agreed
on the goal of limiting warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius. (Tony Dokoupil, Democrats Go Big On Climate
Change, Small On Details, MSNBC, 10/14/15)

Foreign Policy
VIDEO: MSNBCs Andrea Mitchell: Clintons Got Some Explaining To Do About Her
Role As Secretary. (MSNBC, 10/13/15)
Politicos Michael Crowley: Clintons Views On Iraq And Syria Were A Prime Target
For Her Democratic Rivals. (Michael Crowley, Clinton Ties Her Records To Obamas, Politico, 10/13/15)
Foreign Policys David Francis And John Hudson: Clinton Was Forced To Defend Her
Hawkish Record On Foreign Policy As Her Opponents Tried To Paint Her As A
Political Opportunist Who Is Too Quick To Resort To Military Force. (David Francis and John
Hudson, Candidates Attack Clintons Hawkish Foreign Policy In First Debate, Foreign Policy, 10/14/15)

The Washington Free Beacons Adam Kredo: Clintons Response To The [Syria] Issue
Was Quickly Panned By Analysts And Experts On Twitter And Elsewhere, Who
Referred To It As Babble And Surprisingly Weak. (Adam Kredo, Clinton: Its Time The Entire Country Stand
Up Against The NRA, Washington Free Beacon, 10/14/15)

Iraq War Vote

Slate Headline: Twelve Years Later, Hillary Clinton Is Still Defending Her Iraq Vote
(Joshua Keating, Twelve Years Later, Hillary Clinton Is Still Defending Her Iraq Vote, Slate, 10/13/15)

Slates Joshua Keating: Clinton Was Clearly Hoping To Convince Skeptical Democratic
Voters That She Is No More Hawkish Than The Current Occupant Of The White House.
That Might Have Been Easier If The Ghosts Of 2003 Didnt Keep Returning. (Joshua Keating,
Twelve Years Later, Hillary Clinton Is Still Defending Her Iraq Vote, Slate, 10/13/15)

The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board: Clintons Defense Of Her Vote For The War In
Iraq Sounded Lame. Clinton, meanwhile, answered a challenge to her Senate vote for war in
Iraq not with a defense or an apology, but by invoking President Barack Obama: Even after that vote,
he chose her as secretary of state. Sorry, but it sounded lame. (Editorial, Editorial: Bernie Sanders Night: Authenticity
Wins The Democratic Debate, The Chicago Tribune, 10/13/15)

Libya
The Atlantic Headline: Hillary Defends Her Failed War In Libya (Conor Friedersdorf, Hillary
Defends Her Failed Record In Libya, The Atlantic, 10/14/15)

The Washington Posts David Fahrenthold: Clintons Defense Of U.S. Military

Intervention In Libya Focused Heavily On The Heady Days After [Moammar]

Gaddafis Fall, And Did Not Linger On The Chaos Since. (David Fahrenthold, Clinton, Sanders Dominate
Conversation After Democratic Debate, The Washington Post, 10/13/15)

Foreign Policys David Francis And John Hudson: There Was Little Account For The
Current State Of Libya In Clintons Defense Of Her Advocacy Of U.S. Military
Intervention There. (David Francis and John Hudson, Candidates Attack Clintons Hawkish Foreign Policy In First Debate, Foreign
Policy, 10/14/15)