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First time. >> what was holding you back initially when bill clinton was asking you to marry him? >> i just hadn't thought about getting married. i was clearly in love but i wasn't quite ready to commit to marriage. i also didn't know what i wanted to do. it was very clear what bill wanted to do. he wanted to go into politics. i thought before i get married i should know what i want to do. so i said no that first time. he came back and asked me again. i said, no, i'm still not ready. >> so instead of tieing the knot and moving to arkansas where bill was forging his political career, hillary fo...

>> a combination so special that soon bill would ask hillary for her hand in marriage for the first time. >> what was holding you back initially when bill clinton was asking you to marry him? >> i just hadn't thought about getting married. i was clearly in love but i wasn't quite ready to commit to marriage. i also didn't know what i wanted to do. it was very clear what bill wanted to do. he wanted to go into politics. i thought before i get married i should know what i want to do. so i said no that first time. he came back and asked me again. i said, no, i'm still not ready. >> so instead of ...

Initially when bill clinton was asking you to marry him? >> i just hadn't thought about getting married. i was clearly in love but i wasn't quite ready to commit to marriage. i also didn't know what i wanted to do. it was very clear what bill wanted to do. he wanted to go into politics. i thought before i get married i should know what i want to do. so i said no that first time. he came back and asked me again. i said, no, i'm still not ready. >> so instead of tieing the knot and moving to arkansas where bill was forging his political career, hillary followed her passion to massachusetts and w...

Passion to massachusetts and went to work for her mentor, marion wright eddelman at the children's defense fund. >> my work at the children's defense fund showed me how much we needed to do to help abused and neglected kids, kids in adult jalz, kids with lousy schools, all kind of problems. i was fixated on what we could do as advocates to make changes. >> everything she did she did very well. i trusted her to send her out to do any bit of research, whether it was basic research or to go into the field. hillary was always a star. >> but soon, another opportunity emerged that gave hillary a fro...

Initially when bill clinton was asking you to marry him? >> i just hadn't thought about getting married. i was clearly in love but i wasn't quite ready to commit to marriage. i also didn't know what i wanted to do. it was very clear what bill wanted to do. he wanted to go into politics. i thought before i get married i should know what i want to do. so i said no that first time. he came back and asked me again. i said, no, i'm still not ready. >> so instead of tieing the knot and moving to arkansas where bill was forging his political career, hillary followed her passion to massachusetts and w...