'That's obviously flattering, but I have a wonderful job I'm very proud to have, which is representing the people of New York in the United States Senate,' she said.Ĭlinton, smiling broadly, said her husband had read the book and was 'urging everyone to buy a copy and read it.' She said he had read drafts of her book and she was doing the same for his, which is expected to be released next year. In an interview broadcast Sunday night by ABC, Clinton told Barbara Walters she doesn't have 'any intentions or plans for running' for the White House in 2004 or 2008.Īsked again Monday about any White House aspirations, Clinton demurred. And a heavy media blitz surrounds the book. Publisher Simon & Schuster, has ordered 1 million copies for its first printing, an unusually high number for a work of political nonfiction. 'This is my story,' Clinton told reporters. Release of the memoir has been highly anticipated in political circles, fueled largely by leaks of the book reported last week by the Associated Press in which Clinton talked about her husband's infidelity. 'I had to address what was public in my memoir, and I tried to do so in a way that might provide some insight and information to the reader.' 'I think that these were obviously personal and private moments that unfortunately were made public for partisan, political purposes - a part of the ongoing politics of personal destruction that was so much a part of our country's life and certainly our time in the White House,' Clinton said. Taking reporters' questions before she met with people who had lined up outside a Barnes & Noble to buy her book, Clinton was asked whether reliving some painful moments from her White House years as first lady - such as President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky - was painful. Hillary Rodham Clinton lamented what she called the 'politics of personal destruction' as she hawked her book 'Living History' at a Manhattan bookstore Monday. NEW YORK (CNN) - Greeted by fans and a crush of reporters and television cameras, Sen.

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