Hillary for America

"Fighter" +

4:56 video from June 12, 2015.

[Music]

Male voice: What is a fighter?  To me a fighter is someone who won't give up.

Female voice: To me a fighter is someone who's passionate about what they believe in and that will make a difference in people's lives.


1973
Marian Wright Edelman: Before Secretary of State, Senator, First Lady of the country, she was just a caring, young, bright, creative student who cared about children and those left behind.  Hillary came to work for the Children's Defense Fund when we were a fledgling, beginning organization.

Hillary Clinton (to camera): The children I met lived harsh lives.  It was so overwhelming because people were being treated like they weren't even full human beings.

Edelman: There are no miracles in all this.  It's hard work, it's sticking with it, it's perseverance...  And over the years I think she has made a cumulative, I think significant, impact for children.


1995
Unidentified: In September 1995 I was at the UN Conference in Beijing.

Hillary Clinton (clip from 1995): The history of women has been a history of silence...

Hillary Clinton (to camera): Many people in our own government, in our Congress did not want me to go to Beijing, but you don't shy away from confronting human rights abuses.

Hillary Clinton (clip from 1995): It is a violation of human rights when babies are denied food or drowned or suffocated simply because they are born girls.

Unidentified: The entire conference exploded in this energy and enthusiasm.

Hillary Clinton (clip from 1995): Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all.

Unidentified: Hearing the words that she spoke, she taught me that there were no limits to what I could achieve.


Hillary Clinton: Bill asked me to lead up our efforts to try to see if we couldn't get quality, affordable health care for every American.

Hillary Clinton (clip): Now is our chance to beat the historical odds and give the American people the health security they need.

Hillary Clinton (to camera): We worked really hard...we weren't successful...I was really disappointed, but you have to get up off the floor and you keep fighting.

So I got to thinking let's see what we can do to help kids.

(interview clip):
Barbara Walters: You want universal health care for children.  You seem to be swimming against the tide.
Hillary Clinton: Well that's because I think the tide is not going in the right direction.

Hillary Clinton (to camera): I was very proud when the Children's Health Insurance Program passed.


2001
News Announcer: We have reports this morning that a plane has crashed...

Man: I'm very proud of being part of the recovery work at Ground Zero...

Hillary Clinton (clip from 2001): One of the firefighters just said to me, you know Senator, please, please don't let anybody forget what happened here and don't let anyone forget us.

Hillary Clinton (to camera): I was so overcome by their courage and their compassion.  I knew that I also had to pay attention to what happened to those brave men and women.

Man: She stood up day in and day out fighting for our medical treatment.  It has made a huge difference in my life.


2009
Man (audio): Ladies and gentlemen, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Man: I was a U.S. foreign service officer for 26 years.  The fact that she was willing to work for a former rival, President Obama, restored my faith in the political process.

Hillary Clinton (to camera): He won and I lost, and then he asked me to be Secretary of State.  And I agreed for the same reason.  We both love our country.

Man: She was the most dogged, determined Secretary of State that I think I've ever seen.  She mended relationships with countries that had been frayed, but she didn't just fight for American values abroad; she fought for the families who serve the State Department.  Secretary Clinton is exactly that kind of fighter.


2015
Hillary Clinton (to camera): Everyone deserves a chance to live up to his or her God-given potential.  That's the dream we share, that's the fight we must wage.  You know my dad, the son of a factory worker, could start a small business.  My mom, who never got to go to college could see her daughter go to college.

Hillary Clinton (clip): Everyday Americans and their families need a champion, a champion who will fight for them every single day.  And I want to be that champion.  I want to get up every single day, going to work for you, standing up for you...

Hillary Clinton (audio): ...And I think by now people know I don't quit...

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