>> less than three months after she arrived at the white house, hillary's father, hugh rodham, died. >> it was, you know, just a terrible loss. >> he was very demanding of his kids. i think hillary gets a lot of her tenacity and her determination from her father. >> tenacity and determination she'd need five months later for her marathon health care testimony before five subcommittees on the hill. >> first of all, there is no free lunch in this health care plan. it is not going to be free. everybody's going to be paying something, even people who are on medicaid now will be paying something if they work, unlike today. we think that is a big step forward for responsibility. >> the detractors were surprised. it was a tour de force. it was incredibly substantive, direct.