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Chasing Hillary

Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns and One Intact Glass Ceiling

Amy Chozick

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Question 1 of 9
Why did the New York Times and the Clintons have a historically strained relationship according to the text?
  • A. The NYT endorsed Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic primaries.
  • B. A 1992 NYT story about a property investment sparked the Whitewater Scandal investigation.
  • C. The NYT was the first to publish leaked emails from Clinton's private server in 2013.
  • D. The Clintons felt the NYT was inherently biased toward Republican candidates.
Question 2 of 9
How did Clinton's press team react to Amy Chozick's tongue-in-cheek 'Planet Hillary' article?
  • A. They embraced it as a way to show Clinton's collaborative leadership style.
  • B. They ignored it completely, focusing instead on the upcoming primary debates.
  • C. They were highly offended and restricted Chozick's access to only the Clintons' lawyer.
  • D. They demanded the New York Times fire Chozick for using coded sexism.
Question 3 of 9
What was the primary reason Hillary Clinton gave for using a private email server during her time as secretary of state?
  • A. She wanted to keep her family's financial records completely private from the press.
  • B. She was advised by cybersecurity experts that it was safer than government servers.
  • C. It was a matter of convenience so she wouldn't have to carry two separate devices.
  • D. She intended to write a memoir and wanted exclusive access to her correspondence.
Question 4 of 9
According to the book, what caused Hillary Clinton to suppress her sense of humor and stop speaking extemporaneously during the campaign?
  • A. Her advisors told her that a deeply serious tone was required to defeat Donald Trump.
  • B. Her jokes, such as one about Snapchat deleting messages, were weaponized by her political enemies.
  • C. Focus groups indicated that voters found her attempts at humor inauthentic and forced.
  • D. She wanted to draw a sharp contrast with Bernie Sanders's highly entertaining rallies.
Question 5 of 9
Which past action of Clinton's could have been 'political gold' but was suppressed due to her distrust of the press?
  • A. Her undercover work in 1972 to expose racist, segregationist private schools in the South.
  • B. Her successful legal defense of marginalized women in Arkansas in the early 1980s.
  • C. Her personal financial donations to struggling public schools in New York State.
  • D. Her behind-the-scenes negotiation of a major bipartisan healthcare bill in the 1990s.
Question 6 of 9
Why did Hillary Clinton largely stop discussing her deep religious faith in her political speeches?
  • A. The Democratic Party platform explicitly discouraged candidates from using religious messaging.
  • B. She was harshly mocked by the press in the 1990s as being 'Saint Hillary' and naive.
  • C. Her campaign managers felt it would alienate the younger, progressive voters she needed.
  • D. She felt her Methodist beliefs conflicted with her modern stances on several social issues.
Question 7 of 9
According to the author and Bill Clinton, under what circumstances did Hillary Clinton’s best qualities as a politician emerge?
  • A. When she was comfortably leading in the polls and could relax her guard.
  • B. When she was participating in highly structured, formal television debates.
  • C. When she was facing a serious challenge and operating as an underdog.
  • D. When she was delivering heavily researched historical lectures to large crowds.
Question 8 of 9
Although Clinton won the debates against Donald Trump, what strategic error does the author suggest she made?
  • A. She focused too much on policy details that the general audience couldn't understand.
  • B. She allowed Trump's misogynistic scandals to dominate the news cycle, overshadowing her policy messages.
  • C. She repeatedly lost her temper when Trump interrupted her, appearing unpresidential.
  • D. She failed to bring up Trump's avoidance of federal income taxes when given the chance.
Question 9 of 9
What did the author deduce was the most likely reason Hillary Clinton wore purple during her concession speech?
  • A. It was a subtle nod to the women's suffrage movement and female empowerment.
  • B. It represented the merging of red and blue states in a call for national unity.
  • C. It was an expression of her Methodist faith, as purple symbolizes penitence.
  • D. It was chosen by her press aides to project a sense of calm and stability.

Chasing Hillary — Full Chapter Overview

Chasing Hillary Summary & Overview

Chasing Hillary (2018) details journalist Amy Chozick’s deeply personal experience at the New York Times reporting on Hillary Clinton. The book follows not just Clinton’s campaign during the 2016 US presidential election but also her battle with Senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party primaries. It delves deep into the Clinton psyche, looking back to the times before she even considered running for high office.

Who Should Listen to Chasing Hillary?

  • Journalists
  • People fascinated by US politics
  • Anyone wondering just how Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump

About the Author: Amy Chozick

Amy Chozick is an award-winning journalist and author who works principally for the New York Times. Since joining the Times in 2011, the main focus of her reporting has been Hillary Clinton and the Clinton family. Chozick was born in San Antonio, Texas. She now lives in New York with her partner.

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