It’s tough figuring out who to side with when the options are Hillary Clinton and Chris Matthews, but in this case, I have to say I think Hillary is the winner. Matthews throws out a question about pardoning Scooter Libby that’s pretty clearly intended to get Clinton to go on the attack. But Clinton and the audience don’t want to hear it. Now, needless to say, I think Libby deserves to be set free, but all Mathews is doing in this clip is setting out bait and hoping to get Clinton to launch a nasty attack. She doesn’t go for it. Sure, Clinton is taking the opportunity to shore up some fake-populist cred, look above-it-allm, and come across like something other than a Wahsington insider, but she’s also refusing to do what Matthews seems to want and use Libby as a punching bag. Next question, please.
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