“Former First Lady Hillary Clinton isn’t ashamed of the massive amount of money she and husband Bill Clinton have earned over the last decade through high-paying speaking gigs.
Hitting the speaking circuit was a necessity in order to maintain their lifestyle after Bill’s term as the 42nd President of the United States ended, Clinton told ABC’s Diane Sawyer in a sit-down interview ahead of the release of her book Hard Choices.
‘We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt,’ Clinton said. ‘We had no money when we got there, and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for Chelsea’s education.'””* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Francesca Chambers / Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2652894/Hillary-Clinton-defends-200-000-speaking-fees-pay-houses-Chelseas-education.html