She expressed her hope that Trump would “govern differently” than how he campaigned. She explained that those hopes quickly died after witnessing Trump’s inauguration speech.
“That was the moment it became painfully clear to me that there was not going to be any change in the president elect and the candidate he had been. He delivered an inaugural address that was dark and talking about American carnage.”
According to the 2016 presidential candidate, Trump’s first speech as President was an appeal to his white nationalist base. She explained that the President was willing to criticize “all sorts of people,” but not white nationalists like the neo-Nazis or the KKK. This was in reference to the President’s response of Charlottesville, in which he said that there were “good people” on both sides.
For the duration of her remarks, Clinton was loose and un-rehearsed, refusing to use the teleprompter and devoid of notes. She was entirely unlike the Hillary Clinton who ran for President in 2016, and she admitted as much.
