The Los Angeles Times: Voters have trust issues with Hillary Clinton? She blames the right

By Evan Halper, Jul. 7, 2015, The Los Angeles Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton says there is an obvious reason so many Americans are skeptical of her trustworthiness: It’s the handiwork of what she once termed the "vast right-wing conspiracy" against her and her husband.

Drawing from a familiar Clinton family playbook, Clinton told CNN in her first national interview as a 2016 presidential candidate that the dim perception that voters have of her honesty and trustworthiness is the result of being “subjected to the kind of constant barrage of attacks that are largely fomented by, and coming from, the right.”

“This is a theme that has been used against me and my husband for many years,” Clinton said. “I mean, people write books filled with unsubstantiated attacks against us, and even admit they have no evidence.” But, she said, reporters cover the attacks as if they are legitimate news. “So of course that is going to raise questions in people’s minds,” Clinton said.

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