Hillary clinton book tour what happened

The applause was long and loud. Not nearly as long and loud as what greeted her at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, but there was no doubt Thursday night that Hillary Clinton was among friends at the Bushnell in Hartford.

Clinton is on a book tour like no other, nearly filling theaters with fans willing to pay upwards of $ for the opportunity to cheer the woman who won the popular vote for president by million in but still lost to Donald J. Trump.

Not every author of a political memoir gets an introduction by a governor, a courtesy extended Thursday by Gov. Ned Lamont, or a gentle Q&A from a sitting United States senator, as Sen. Chris Murphy provided.

Clinton is selling books, settling scores and capitalizing on the synergies of touring America at a moment when another woman, Kamala Harris, is knocking on the glass ceiling that Clinton could not break. And, once again, Trump is the opponent.

[Got questions about the upcoming election? Check out CT Mirror’s voter guide here]

She finished the edits on her book, “Something Lost, Something Gained,” on May 31, the day a New York jury pronounced Trump guilty on 34 felony counts related to hush money paid to keep a porn actress from talking during the campaign about an affair.

“I actually got a little teary, because I thought, ‘Wow, you know, finally, finally, he&#;s being held accountable.’ And the system did actually work,” Clinton said. She acknowledged enjoying the meme that quickly went viral: an old picture of Clinton and Barack Obama laughing, as though reacting to the conviction.

&#;I wish I can remember why we were laughing so hard,&#; she said. &#;I mean, I&#;m laughing and he&#;s bent over laughing, and neither of us can remember what it was, but the internet doesn&#;t care.&#;

Clinton was unstinting in her criticism of Trump as a would-be authoritarian willing to use the powers of government to crush opponents.&

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Officials said it was a sold out crowd of about people at the Academy of Music Thursday night.

An enthusiastic audience came to hear Hillary Clinton talk about her new memoir, called "What Happened."

The discussion was moderated by best-selling author and Philadelphia resident Jennifer Weiner.

This was just one stop on Clinton's North American book tour - promoting her book that gives her perspective on the election.

Clinton started tonight's event by calling last year's election - "one of the wildest elections in American history."

She also said she wrote her book to inspire more women to run for office, saying the only way to get sexism out of politics is to get more women into politics.

Clinton opened by remembering when she was officially nominated to be the democratic candidate for president at the DNC here in Philadelphia, and when she held a campaign rally on Independence Mall on the eve of the election.

"It was just amazing at Independence Hall. It was so positive and energy filled," said Clinton. "And I can tell you I'm still proud of the campaign we ran and the 65 million Americans that supported it."

This event was ticketed, with VIP meet and greets with Clinton before she took the stage going for up to $

People we spoke with said they were inspired by what she had to say, and wished she spoke as candidly on the campaign trail.

Send a breaking news alert
Report a correction or typo
Learn more about the 6abc apps

memoir by Hillary Clinton

What Happened is a memoir by Hillary Clinton about her experiences as the Democratic Party's nominee and general election candidate for president of the United States in the election. Published on September 12, , it is her seventh book with her publisher, Simon & Schuster.

A paperback edition featuring a new afterword was released in September , as was a Spanish translation titled Lo que pasó.

Inception and advance publicity

Existence of a new Clinton work was first revealed in February , but at the time it was billed as a volume of essays centered around the author's favorite sayings, with only some allusions to the campaign. Financial terms of that work, which had no announced title, were not publicly disclosed but industry observers expected her monetary compensation to be large. The new purposing of the work and its thematic substance were revealed in July After the title was announced, it was parodied with memes on Twitter.

The New York Times wrote that the stated aim of the book was to offer an intimate view of what it was like for Clinton to run as the first female presidential candidate from a major party in United States history, in an often vicious and turbulent campaign. This is her third memoir, following Living History in and Hard Choices in ; advance publicity for the work said it would be her "most personal" yet and quoted from her words in the book's Introduction: "In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I'm letting my guard down." Clinton promised a new level of candor as a major theme of the initial publicity surrounding the book. The wor