I can tell you that I may be a lot of things but I am not dumb. And I wrote about going to Bosnia in my book in 2004, I laid it all out there. And you're right, on a couple of occasions in the last weeks I just said some things that weren't in keeping with what I knew to be the case and what I had written about in my book. And you know, I'm embarrassed by it. I'm very sorry I said it. I have said that, you know, it just didn't jive with what I had written about and knew to be the truth. So I know that it is something that some people have said, 'Wait a minute. What happened here?' But I have talked about this and written about it and then, unfortunately, in a few occasions I was not as accurate as I have been in the past.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Clinton admits to making mistakes in recent statements that contradicted her past writings and knowledge, expressing embarrassment and apology.
- In plain terms
- She apologized for saying things that were not true according to what she knew and wrote before.
- What can you take from it?
- Acknowledge errors when you contradict known facts.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you recover trust after contradicting yourself?
- When is silence better than explanation?
Another view
Admitting error may not fully restore trust lost through prior inconsistencies.
More from Hillary Clinton
You know, I have written about this and described it in many different settings, and I did misspeak the other day. This has been a very long campaign.
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