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Stewart's comedic grilling as the former secretary of state
appeared on Comedy Central's late-night program to promote her
new book, "Hard Choices", came after she had dodged many direct
questions on 2016.
Stewart, picking up a clipboard as a prop, quizzed Clinton on
her work habits, such as her preferred shape in a home office,
to assess "if you even want this job."
"Would you like that office to have corners, or would you like
it not to have corners?," Stewart said, referring indirectly to
the iconic Oval Office of U.S. presidents.
"You know, I think that the world is so complicated, the fewer
corners (the better)," Clinton said.
"Do you enjoy constant, nonstop criticism?" Stewart continued.
"Enjoy is probably the wrong word. Expect. Survive. It just sort
of comes with the territory, yes," she said.
"So it sounds like, if I may, you've declared already," Stewart
said, drawing a roar of laughter and applause from the friendly
studio audience.
Despite Stewart's gimmicks and wit, Clinton did not declare
herself a Democratic contender for president in 2016, but the
pair did touch on more serious topics, such as rising income
inequality in the United States.
Clinton has drawn fire after telling media last month that her
and husband Bill had been "dead broke" after leaving the White
House in 2001.
"Well, you know, that was an in-artful use of words, obviously,"
Clinton told Stewart later in the segment, before quickly saying
she was worried about the hurdles young Americans face in
getting ahead.
"You know what was kind of awesome that says to me that you're
running for president? How easily you pivoted from that into
income inequality in America," Stewart said, to audience
laughter.
"That says to me you're running for president."
(Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)
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Jon Stewart tells Hillary Clinton 'you've declared already'
