Hillary Rodham Clinton began the promotional push for her upcoming documentary, Hulu’s Hillary, on Friday morning — and it doesn’t appear lost on the former Secretary of State that the story of her ill-fated 2016 run is arriving as the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls finally narrows.
Clinton, whose four-hour documentary serves as both a deep-dive on the last presidential election and a biography, stressed that members of her party (and Americans not on board with the current administration) need to rally behind whoever they think can win the election.
“I am on the side of an inclusive, openhearted generous country,” said Clinton. “And we are in a real struggle with a form of politics that is incredibly negative, exclusive, mean-spirited. It’s going to be up to every voter. This is no ordinary time. For the voters, try to vote for the person most likely to win — and not just the popular vote, the electoral college.”
The end of that comment earned Clinton quite a few laughs.
Joined by filmmaker Nanette Burstein, Clinton was in Pasadena on Friday morning to tout her new documentary to members of the Television Critics Association ahead of its official debut at the Sundance Film Festival. Hillary then rolls out on Hulu on March 6, after the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire primary.
“Look, by the time this runs, it will be in the thick of Super Tuesday,” she said. “You’ll have the first four contests behind you. Maybe by that time, the field will have clarified.”
Clinton, who spoke at length about her motivations to participate in the project that demanded 35 hours of interview time with Burstein, was noticeably careful not to name any names during the half-hour panel — none of the current Democratic primary field nor her 2016 opponent were specifically mentioned. But Clinton’s cautions about the current president peppered her dialogue with press.
(Excerpt) Read more in: The Hollywood Reporter