访谈录 Interview 2007-02-27&301, 专访希拉里克林顿：走向白宫

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This is not exactly how or when you planned to announce this. Er, how else are you going to have to adjust to counter the presence of this Obama campaign, which is a surprise?

Well, you know, Brian, this is exactly how I intended to do this. Once I made up my mind that I was going to contest for the presidential nomination¹ of my party, I wanted to do it on the web, I wanted to do it before the President's state of the union because I wanted to draw the contrast between what we've seen, er, over the last six years, and the kind of leadership er, and experience that I would bring to the office.

So you had always planned to announce before the President's state of the union address?

That, that was our plan, yes.

Er, what does the Obama factor do to the Clinton campaign?

Well, it makes everything even more exciting. Er, I've been through presidential campaigns and this is going to be one of the best we've had a long time because there is no sitting vice² president, there's no clear heir apparent. And we have a terrific talented field on the Democratic side. And obviously Barack is just a phenomenally, accomplished³ senator and person who is gonna be very effective. As our number of my other competitors, I know everybody and they bring a lot of different skills and talents, er, to this field. And I'm looking forward to the election.

Is it any kind of a burden for you, Senator, that so many opinions are preformed: Americans know Hilary Rodham Clinton?

Well, as someone, er, close to me once said I'm probably the most famous person you don't really know and I'm going to spend my time, er, doing what I've done in New York, er, which is going and meeting with groups of people, and talking about what I value, my background, my incredibly committed views about what we should be doing in our country and let people make their own judgments⁴ because I heard the very same kinds of comments when I started running here in New York. Er, that people, you know, thought they'd already made up their minds about me and I just wanted a fair shot, I wanted people to judge me for who I really am and what I really believe and I think I can do well if I get that opportunity.

I will take your point. What don't Americans know about you?

Well, I think it's what they think they know. Er, the kind of person they think I am, what I care about, what I value and it's about 180 degrees from whom I am. You know, people think I must have been born with some silver spoon in my mouth and as I've said, er, I was very fortunate to be born into a wonderful supportive family, a middle-class family in the middle of America, in the middle of the last century. And I've been blessed to be given all these opportunities and you know, my education and you know, my maturing came at about the same time as the Civil Rights Revolution, the Women's Movement. I was one of the early beneficiaries of the changes that took place in our country and that I was part of advocating for and I've also never been someone who shied away from standing⁵ up for what I believe. But I'm very open to the conversation that I wanna have with our country going into this campaign and the conversation that I believe we need to set the direction for the future.

Because you've been a public figure, er, is it a burden for you to go back and amend⁶ or explain issues like healthcare, the vote for the war, things like that?

I don't think any of these is a burden. I view it as an opportunity and a privilege. I'm going to go into people's living rooms, into union halls, into church basements. And let people ask me anything and believe me, you know, people have asked me(They will,yeah.) nearly anything I believe. Er, that's what I did when I started running in New York and that's what I'm looking forward to because I want people to meet me, hear me, see me unfiltered from other people's opinions. And let me explain why I've done what I've done, the lessons that I've learnt, What I think I'd bring to this presidential race.

We have about a minute left. Er, are you troubled at all, I noticed in this weekend's New York Times, they are already out interviewing voters on the street who are starting to say, you know, we like her plenty, plenty as a senator, she's been a great senator. Er, you'd like to be more than that. Does that she's-been-a-great-senator movement concern you?


Well, it's flattering obviously because I've worked very hard and I'm continuing to work hard. Yesterday I did an event at a health center here talking about trying to insure all of our children and this morning I was at ground zero continuing my fight for healthcare for the victims of the, you know, attack on our country. So I'm gonna continue to do the work, er, that I know is important to New Yorkers, but I also believe that New York and the rest of our country deserve to have a President who's going to be on our side, who's gonna stand up and fight for the issues and the values that are important, er, not just to the people I already represent, but to the people I grew up with, the people that you know, I worked with in Arkansas, the people whom I may know across our country.

Well, you're one of the few alive who have seen exactly the journey that is ahead of you, I don't know if that helps or hurts.

It helps a lot, yeah, I don't think I'll have too many surprises, er, coming forward.

Senator, thank you for being with us.

Thank you.

REFERENCE:

heir apparent

noun
1. undoubted legal heir: an heir whose entitlement to receive an inheritance cannot be altered by the birth of another heir
2. expected successor: the expected inheritor of somebody else's position, status, or influence