at the table with that baseball cap on. so it was just being a regular mom. another regular mom moment, when chelsea graduated from high school and left the nest, fall 1997. she was teary almost every day that her child was going away to college. my mom just i think couldn t believe that i was going to california. i think that was more upsetting to her than just me going to college. she was like can t you find somewhere closer? chelsea arrived at stamford on air force i. was welcomed by fans and friends. she had a secret service detail, but hillary still tried to make it as normal as possible.
set of higher education standards. higher education standards 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 mom would cheer with just as much enthusiasm but probably more appropriate intervals. rutherford spent many evenings with the first lady, cheering on their daughters from the softball stands. but in the summer of 1991, clinton had something else on her mind.
there was a lot of debate among her strategists about exactly how to humanize her, how to make her more accessible to people. in fact, there was a lot of debate among her strategists about everything. it wasn t just good old fashioned healthy debate. there was some infighting. you know, but you know, campaigns under stress have that. it s true. the race was tight as they approached the all-important iowa caucuses, so the campaign turned to its secret weapons. so i wanted to introduce you to my mom and my daughter. an ad called dorothy hit the airwaves. what i would like people to know about hillary is what a good person she is. and chelsea joined her mother and grandmother on the stump and in the diners. just laughing a lot with my grandmother and mother because my grandmother was really excited about the egg salad sandwich that she said was like
this time and unknowingly she was lying. indeed i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. i don t know what got her through there, but being in the white house, subject to all that scrutiny hillary was desperate to escape washington, d.c. the morning 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 who was keeping them together, chelsea. chelsea. yeah.
bill clinton raised the price of their car tax for their license plate, and evidently that made people furious. bill clinton loses the election and goes into a total depression. a heartbreaking end to a year that began with pure joy. back in february, hillary had given birth to their little girl, chelsea victoria clinton. the next two years are very important years for our child s development. you know, they re really pivotal years. i m grateful that i m going to be able to spend some more time with her. more time with their daughter and more time to figure out where to go from here. hillary decides that the only way to restore and have their life is if she can bring him back. so what does she do? she takes over. hillary constructed a political comeback plan.