news/"washington post" poll. so republicans will have a lot more work to do if they hope to paint clinton as elitist. still it's the kind of misstep clinton needs to avoid as she gears up for a gauntlet of interviews, because lying in wait is a republican machine of opposition research, talking points, and even an e-book published as her memoir comes out raising questions about her accomplishments as secretary of state. and to combat that, clinton, herself, has a war-room of diplomats at the ready to fend off those criticisms. in addition to a messaging team and a coordinated army of democratic surrogates standing by to trumpet her successes, wolf. >> let me bring gloria borger into this conversation, our chief political analyst. what do you make of this, what republicans are pouncing on, maybe a misstatement by her, a gaffe? >> well, look, i think actually hillary clinton was pretty candid. they spent a lot of money and brianna's investigating this, you know, in the '90s on whitewater and all kinds of