given on issues of national security and certain issues where we look at voting demographics, she s distancing herself if president obama. did you notice tonight in the cnn interview when she was asked, for example, are there people who are racist in terms of how they deal with president obama. she fused to ever come out and say there were instances of racism. however in the fox interview she said to greta van s surks tern sexism is an issue. that s just my opinion. after she refused to say people were operating against the president because of his african-american background, she did say that prejudice against people of color, prejudice against women, prejudice against people who are gay, she went through the lineage of our country s history and said of course they are evident in our society. i think it s smart. they don t take people and tie their motives to something
welcome back to hardball. hillary clinton, as i said, wasn t done when she finished up her hour-long town hall meeting on cnn. 45 minutes later, secretary clinton went into the lion s den, fox news, to face questions from brett behr and greta van sus attorney. in a surprise to no one the first eight questions were about benghazi. big surprise. soon after, there were more. joining me is michelle bernard and gene cummings whose deputy managing editor at blumberg news. thanks for joining us. secretary clinton gave a clear, i think precise, detailed account of where she was the night of the benghazi attack and whom she talked to. let s listen to her tick-tok here. we were in direct communication insofar as it was possible.
welcome back to hardball. hillary clinton, as i said, wasn t done when she finished up her hour-long town hall meeting on cnn. 45 minutes later, secretary clinton went into the lion s den, fox news, to face questions from brett behr and greta van sus attorney. in a surprise to no one the first eight questions were about benghazi. big surprise. soon after, there were more. joining me is michelle bernard and gene cummings whose deputy managing editor at blumberg news. thanks for joining us. secretary clinton gave a clear, i think precise, detailed account of where she was the night of the benghazi attack and whom she talked to. let s listen to her tick-tok here. we were in direct communication insofar as it was
investigation continues and we hope you can get some answers. thank you for having us. and now, to the latest on the plight of a u.s. marine who remains jailed in mexico behind bars for two months now after making a wrong turn. sergeant andrew accidentally crosses the mexican border with legally owned guns in his car, which is not allowed in that country. he said he thought he was on his way back to san diego. greta van sus followed the same route and says that anyone could have made the same mistake. he said he feels quote a little bit stone walled by mexican authorities. he s a war veteran. went through two tours in afghanistan. he went through a lot and saw a lot and that would affect anybody. okay, but i think he s holding up pretty good. sergeant s next hearing in mexico is set for may 22nd.
so i know how important that is. martha: governor romney repeating claims that the obama team is running a desperate campaign filled with reckless and dishonest attacks in his opinion. here he is. his campaign and the people who support him have launched a series of vitriolic attacks on a personal basis which i think is really demeaning the office much thof the presidency. it s unfortunate that these ads are dishonest and distorting. their degrading nature i think diminishes the white house. martha: let s bring in our panel, both are fox news contributors. good to have you both here this morning. i want to jump right in and play what brit hume said last night when he was speaking with greta van sus trep van susteren.