inconsolable. reporter: clinton took questions from cnn chief international correspondent christiane amanpour at the washington museum promoting her new book hard choices. clinton was asked about immigration reform and the harsh reality. the hororf a father or mother going to work and being picked up and immediately whisked away and children coming home from school to an empty house and nobody can say where their mother or their father, is that is just not who we are as americans. reporter: she addressed the violence in iraq, the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan and the war in syria, highlighting policyrists between her and president obama. i recommended that we do more in the very beginning to support moderate opposition. reporter: but the buck stops with the president, and the president had very legitimate concerns. reporter: on tumbler one person asked for a more definitive marriage equality answer. my views have changed over