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 conversations that they had. i think that s why she is so smart, number one, and interested in everything. i played softball in our local hillcrest league and took ballet and piano. but no matter what chelsea was in to, both of her parents were always cheering her on. i think my dad was more the embarrassing one. i would like walk out on the field, and my dad was, yes! my
some called it the chelsea effect. whenever she appeared, the gap between her mother and obama seemed to shrink. i need to go tell anyone and everyone who may have an iota of interest in listening to me why i m so passionately supporting my mom as a daughter, as a democrat, as an american. oh, i think she ll be more than the voice of change. the tide slowly started to turn, but there was not enough time to catch up. june 3rd, 2008, the last day of democratic primaries. clinton took south dakota. i will be the democratic nominee. but obama won enough delegates to clinch the nomination. it was over. hillary clinton responded with the speech of a lifetime. although we weren t able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks
chelsea in the middle, and i think at that point that s who was keeping them together, chelsea. chelsea. yeah. there s no program. it s the president s birthday. the president and first lady have shown little affection following the grand jury testimony. this is a family that s got some healing to do. how difficult was it to go through something so private, so personal under the glare of the spotlight of the first lady? it was really hard. it was painful. and i was so supported by my friends. my friends just rallied around. they would come, they would try to make me laugh, they would recommend books to read. we d go for long walks, we d hang out, you know, eat bad food.
spring 1997, tanzania. party time. one of the 82 countries hillary clinton visited as first lady. look, look. you see? with her, 15-year-old chelsea. we have a big problem with people thinking they don t have a future. young women and young men who are very cynical about their future. chelsea was no longer a little girl. she had grown up. and, like her mother, had her own opinions and her own voice. good morning, good morning, how do you do they shared these magnificent and almost life-changing experiences together. experiences that hillary clinton made sure were balanced with a healthy dose of normalcy. well, growing up in the white
it s an iconic photograph with chelsea in the middle, and i think at that point that s who was keeping them together, chelsea. chelsea. yeah. there s no program. it s the president s birthday. the president and first lady have shown little affection following the grand jury testimony. this is a family that s got some healing to do. how difficult was it to go through something so private, so personal under the glare of the spotlight of the first lady? it was really hard. it was painful. and i was so supported by my friends. my friends just rallied around. they would come, they would try to make me laugh, they would recommend books to read. we d go for long walks, we d