Rumored 2016 Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton: 'I Don't Need Anybody to Defend My Record'
Bill Clinton may want to think twice the next time he plans on going to bat to defend his wife, Hillary.
"I don't need anybody to defend my record," declared the former Sectary of State during an interview with PBS NewsHour airing Wednesday, according to Time.
Hillary Clinton's comments came after President Clinton defended remarks by the potential 2016 presidential contender about the family's financial situation, which critics claim proves that she's out of touch with average Americans. "She's not out of touch," Bill Clinton said on Tuesday at his annual domestic policy summit, reports CBS News.
"I shouldn't have said the five or so words that I said," Hillary Clinton said, referring to a comment she made that her family was "dead broke" when Bill left the White House. "But my unartful use of those few words doesn't change who I am, what I've stood for my entire life, what I stand for today."
Although the former first lady acknowledged her gaffe, she asserted that she doesn't need anyone to stand up for her.
"My husband was very sweet today, but I don't need anybody to defend my record, I think my record speaks for itself," Hillary Clinton told PBS.
Clinton, who says she will decide whether to run for president again later this year, said "you have to be a little bit crazy to run."
"I've had people come through the line who tell me their stories about losing their job, about what's happened since they got health care that has helped them, and I hear this, so I know that my life of service is the biggest reason why I would consider doing this, because I would want to continue serving," Clinton said. "But I also know that it's a very hard job, and it's a job that, you know, you have to be totally consumed by, and that's kind of the definition of being a little bit crazy, I think."
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