She spoke of the difficulty of deciding to accept the post of secretary of state and of how having done so worked to her advantage in dealing with officials in newer, less experienced democracies who did not quite understand how to move beyond an election into the messier affairs of government that require teamwork.
She also addressed her adoption of women and girls as her signature issue and the resistance and eye-rolling she encountered from some quarters having done so. I, for one, am gratified to know that she is defending this choice in her book. Too many commentators, often "unnamed sources," have critiqued this selection on her part as "soft" while in fact it is heroic and needed. Anyone who writes off this decision as less than hard diplomacy is either ignorant of the implications and consequences of subjugating half the world's population or, worse, a conscious bigot - I will use the word - a misogynist.
There was a Q & A during which the feed broke down on me, but the morning headlines indicate that she was asked about the recent prisoner exchange and quite appropriately declined to second guess current members of the administration on that issue.
I took some screen shots, most of which are as visually degraded as the audio feed was, but you get the general idea. The first is a twitpic of the venue prior to the event.
More photos here from Denver Post.
Here are still more at Crowd Album.
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