NEW COVER STORY - Bill and Hillary Clinton's life in exile: the once-powerful political couple now seeks attention, audience
.videocontent{position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%}.tvplayer > div {position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%} U.S. Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton One evening earlier this year, an old friend and adviser to Bill and Hillary Clinton sat down with the former president for dinner at a quiet Manhattan restaurant. Bill, the friend says, looked thinner and more tired than he had in some time. He is 72 now, 15 years on from open-heart surgery and the complications that arose from it.
When Hillary insisted in a national television interview last year that her husband’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky was not “an abuse of power” because “she was an adult,” the press reaction was scathing. According to three friends of the Clintons interviewed for this story , the furor had a “profoundly depressing effect” on the first couple and all those around them who still like and support them.
Some were less enthusiastic than others. In the first year or so after she lost to Trump, Hillary was somewhat insulated from the anger a lot of Democratic leaders felt toward her. That resentment was a subject Bill didn’t raise, although he was aware of it from his endless soundings of his national network of contacts in the party. Public polling or approval ratings didn’t provide much encouragement. A Gallup Poll in the fall of 2018 had her at 36 percent.
But not canceled. Organizers booked smaller venues for the spring, lowered prices, and again the Clintons sallied forth: 13 stops across the country, ending on May 4 in Las Vegas, answering softball questions from factotums like former political adviser Paul Begala or celebrities like comedian Jordan Klepper, who, inexplicably, was chosen to host the Washington, D.C., event on April 27.
Donald Trump supporters pose for photos on Sunset Boulevard as the U.S. president attends a fundraiser nearby, in Los Angeles, on April 5. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty She has done so and, in contrast to Bill, has been gratified that several of the current Democratic contenders have sought her advice on the 2020 campaign. That includes all of the major female candidates—Senators Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar and Kirsten Gillibrand—as well as former Vice President Joe Biden, among others.
Still, there are moments that are jarring. At the Daughters of the American Revolution Hall, where the D.C. “Evening With the Clintons” was held, Bill, in the midst of a riff about the current political state of affairs, said, “There are a lot of very smart, decent people out there who are a part of the ‘Make America great’ rallies. People who feel that they’re stuck in economic stagnation, social insignificance and political disempowerment.
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