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In reply to the discussion: The Clinton legacy: How “tough-on-crime” politics built the world’s largest prison system [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Refers back to her time during the Bill Clinton administration.
If she is taking cues and experience from his time in office, she is linked to his administration.
That's fine, I happen to think on many matters Bill Clinton was a good president. But his escalation of the drug war is undeniable.
Of course Hillary could set a tone distinct from her husband's record, but it would require taking clear stands on things like for-profit prisons or whether she, like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, supports arresting sick people for pot smoking.
As long as she keeps people guessing on what her actual positions are, they will fill in the gaps with the record, and her stated - again, by her, as part of her resume and qualifications for POTUS- association with her husband's administration is part of the record.