On Wednesday night, Hillary Clinton appeared on "The Daily Show" to promote her book, "What Happened."
Clinton had much to say about how President Donald Trump responds in difficult situations. The latest being the New York City terror attack on Tuesday, in which a 29-year-old man drove a truck through a crowd, leaving eight people dead and multiple wounded.
"He just doesn't have any empathy," she said, adding, "You can disagree with someone over all kinds of partisan issues but you want a president who can try to put himself into the shoes, the feelings of someone else, and he has not been able to do that."
The former Democratic presidential nominee was then asked by host Trevor Noah if she thinks there is a difference between her group funding the research and Donald Trump's campaign working with the Russians to influence the election. "Of course there is, and I think most serious people understand that."
She explained, "This was research started by a Republican donor during the Republican primary and then when Trump got the nomination for the Republican party the people doing it came to my campaign lawyer and said, 'Would you like us to continue it?' And he said yes. He's an experienced lawyer, he knows what the law is, he knows what opposition research is."
The bigger problem according to Clinton, which she writes about in her book, is that the American people were not aware of the FBI's investigation of ties between the Trump campaign and Russia until after the election.
"I know that voters should have had that information, that's something that may have influenced some people. And it’s part of what happens in a campaign, where you get information that may or may not be useful and you try to make sure anything you put out into the public arena is accurate. So this thing didn’t come out until after the election and it’s still being evaluated. But the fact of the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia should have come out.”
Clinton's appearance comes nearly one month after news broke about sexual assault allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein. Noah laments that misogyny and sexism undoubtedly cost Clinton some votes. Clinton agrees stating, "Sexism and misogyny are endemic in our society, not just politics," adding, "The only way to get sexism out of politics is to get more women into politics."
Watch the full interview below.
Photo Credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for The Daily Show
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