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>> we overcame a lot in the campaign. we overcame an enormous barrage of negativity, of false equivalency and so much else. but as nate silver, who, you know, he doesnt work for me. hes an independent analyst, but one considered to be very reliable, you know, has concluded if the election had been on october 27th, id be your president. so did we make mistakes? of course we did. did i make mistakes? oh, my gosh, yes. you know, youll read my confession and my request for abso lugs. but the reason ...

Speaking to journalist christiane amanpour this afternoon as part of a luncheon for women international charity, clinton took personal responsibility for her loss, but she also suggested other factors had a significant impact. >> we overcame a lot in the campaign. we overcame an enormous barrage of negativity, of false equivalency and so much else. but as nate silver, who, you know, he doesnt work for me. hes an independent analyst, but one considered to be very reliable, you know, has concluded...

Overcame a lot in the campaign. we overcame an enormous barrage of negativity, false equivalency and so much else. but as nate silver, who i -- he doesnt work for me. hes an independent analyst but one considered to be very reliable has concluded, if the election was on october 27th, i would be your president. but it wasnt. it was on october 28th and there was funny business going on around that. and ask yourself this. within an hour or two of the "hollywood access" tape being made public, the r...

Im very proud of the staff and the volunteers and the people who are out there day after day. [ cheers and applause ] >> it wasnt a perfect campaign. there is no such thing. but i was on the way to winning until a combination of jim comeys letter on october 28th and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off. and the evidence for that intervening event is i think compelling, persuasive, and so we overcame a lot in the campaign. we o...

People out there day after day and it wasnt a perfect campaign. there is no such thing. but i was on the way to winning until a combination of jim comeys letter and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off and the evidence for that intervening event is i think compelling, persuasive and we overcame a lot. we overcame a barrage of negativity, false equivalency and so much else but as nate silver who doesnt work for me, hes an indep...

Very proud of the campaign we ran and im very proud of the staff and the volunteers and the people who are out there day after day, a -- [ applause ] it wasnt a perfect campaign. there is no such thing. but i was on the way to winning until the combination of jim comeys letter on october 28th and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off and the evidence for that intervening event is, i think, compelling persuasive and so we overca...

Taking her literally as well as taking her seriously. >> im taking her as saying something they are saying and will not be able to live up to. >> like you said about the debt, i guarantee you that donald trump runs for president, for re-election saying he reduced the debt. >> when it will have gone up by 4 trillion. >> thats the real fake news we live in, which is the false equivalency of someone saying actual live the debt went up a little bit. they will say that everybody is getting the same h...

Obamacare is their plan. >> kellyanne conway, which is ris can i to mention her. we know she doesnt speak for donald trump. no one does. but she said today on "morning joe" we dont want anyone who currently has insurance to not have insurance. so not one person currently covered under obamacare can lose their insurance and the only way to do that is to preserve obamacare. >> heres the problem, you are taking her literally as well as taking her seriously. >> im taking her as saying something they...

Wants to own, i wont use the phrase, fake news. i dont think anybody should. i think it gives legitimacy to something that deserves no legitimacy. i dont understand why he wants to known that. huckabee sanders and surrogates will say thats fake. but main stream media said its fake news because you said he was going to news. its not a lie designed to be deceptive. >> well i want to make that point. because thats what she just said to us. sarah huckabee sanders said well you guys got it wrong, too...

Accept that candidate. i think to some extent what a lot of us, me thought were disabling aspects about trump his supporters said norks, thats him and were so desperate for change that were going to go with him. so im not sure i buy the false equivalency except in terms of the quantity of coverage. >> what do you think? >> the very term false equivalency should die in a fire and the proof is that donald trump has been elected president. this is another thing the media kept pushing the idea to ta...