hillary was desperate to escape washington, d.c. the more after admitting the affair, bill clinton and his family left to go on vacation. the world was watching. you know, she was angry. she was upset. it s an iconic photograph with chelsea in the middle and i think at that point, that s that s who was keeping them together, chelsea. chelsea. the president and first lady have showed little affection following the grand jury testimony. this is a family that has some healing to do. how difficult was it to go through something so private, so
this is the green room and it s one of my favorites. if something did break or there was a mess, hillary made sure chelsea cleaned it up. the kids were watching a movie and hillary went down and concluded and discovered there was popcorn all over the theater and she said to them, you are not leaving her until you pick up every kernel of the popcorn. and there they were asked to steer clear of chelsea. they were adamant about maintaining a private zone around chelsea and chelsea spent a lot of time speaking with jackie ke jackie kennedy onasus, about house to raise a teenager. imagine having a date pick you up at the white house and your father is the president. my father would intimidate them as i m sure any father, you
for arkansas senator david pryor when bill clinton returned to office. probably the toughest policy initiative that bill clinton faced as governor was in education. he tapped hillary to lead that effort. we want to be sure that our children get the best possible education. hillary took on some very tough issues. when you go in to small town arkansas and say it s important that you teach foreign language. it s important that you have an updated chemistry lab. and by the way, we re going to have to pay for it as a state. that creates some criticism. there are large numbers of children who are written off at an early age. ultimately what she got done was that arkansas adopted new state of higher education standards. it meant higher expectations for children across the state, just like the expectations they had for chelsea at home. they treated chelsea almost as an equal. i mean, she was in on all the
thank you for coming. i love your outfit. i love your outfit. why thank you. i do want my earrings back. okay. [ laughter ] now she campaigned like a challenger, not an incumbent. there were instance in which we d stay in the same hotel and we d get there at ten and she would get there at midnight and we would leave at eight and she would have left at seven and it was extraordinary to watch. clinton turned up the heat. shame on you, barack obama. her debate performances were more aggressive. we finally did the 3:00 a.m. spot that would become iconic. it s 3:00 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep, but there s phone in the white house and it s ringing. and chelsea clinton emerged as a force on the trail. i wound up doing more than 400 events in less than six months i think in 40 states,
there. and bill and chelsea came in from new york to be in washington. ten months after her mother s death, clinton faced her greatest diplomatic crisis. september 11th, 2012. a radical islamic group armed men stormed the diplomatic outpost and cia annex in benghazi, libya. four americans died, including ambassador chris stevens. the militants were apparently enraged conflicting reports immediately emerged. publicly the obama administration said what happened was the result of spontaneous protests. today we bring home four americans privately clinton referred to the assault as a, quote, planned attack. do you think that hillary clinton misled the country during benghazi? i think she went along with