Answering 7 mostly laughable questions from preselected questioners in front of a friendly audience is not a ‘press conference’. And even with preselected questioners, she has lame answers like she ‘short-circuited’ when lying about FBI Director and her emails.
Hillary Clinton agreed to participate in a so-called press conference Friday afternoon following her prepared remarks before the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists convention in Washington, D.C.
The Democratic presidential candidate has been criticized recently over how long it has been since she last participated in an unscripted back-and-forth with reporters.
In fact, the Washington Post even launched an online widget to track how many days it has been (the answer is 245) since Clinton’s last press conference.
On Friday, five pre-selected journalists were given the chance to ask the former secretary of state some questions following her speech before a gathering of African-American and Hispanic journalists.