Again, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton cries and makes headlines and fuels speculation. Is the timing too calculated? Are the tears real?

The event as it unfolded. “….[at the] Yale Child Study Center, where she worked while in law school in the early 1970s.

Penn Rhodeen, who was introducing Clinton, began to choke up, leading Clinton’s eyes to fill with tears, which she wiped out of her left eye. At the time, Rhodeen was saying how proud he was that the sheepskin-coat, bell-bottom-wearing young woman he met in 1972 was now running for president.”




CNN’s Political Ticker weighs in.

Though it is difficult to see her reaction in footage of the event (see her reaction by clicking the play button on the right), Clinton’s eyes appeared to grow misty during the introduction, according to CNN producer Sasha Johnson. When it was the senator’s turn to speak she said, “Well, I said I would not tear up; already we’re not exactly on the path.”

Clinton’s last teary moment on the trail occurred after an undecided voter asked how she was holding up. The moment instantly became the most-covered event on the campaign trail on the day before the critical New Hampshire primary, drawing both praise from some who said Clinton had finally bared her true self to voters, and criticism from those who thought the moment was calculated.

On the occasion of Hillary Clinton’s previous tears, Michelle Malkin recommended numerous theme songs for Hillary Clinton’s campaign, including, “Tears of a Clown.” Of the suggestions, The Shallow Nation pick is the Ella Fitzgerald rendition of “Cry Me a River.”



We also enjoy the 1962 Dexter Gordon rendition of “Cry Me a River.”