Senator declines hospitalization; continues on to second event BUFFALO, N.Y. - Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton collapsed Monday during a speech but aides said the former first lady quickly recovered from what they described as a fainting spell triggered by a 24-hour flu and continued on to a second public engagement.
"She's fine," aides to the junior senator from New York told NBC News.
An aide to the 57-year-old Clinton, who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the senator had been suffering from a flu bug but pressed ahead with an appearance at the private Saturn Club before a group of women voters.
She was speaking about Social Security in a warm room in front of 150 people when she briefly lost consciousness, according to the aide.
"She was weak and needed to sit down. She fainted," the aide said.
--MSNBC News
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