Hillary Clinton claims she laid the groundwork for Kamala Harris' presidential bid in self-indulgent op-ed

Hillary Clinton couldn't defy highlighting her 2 grounded statesmanlike bids arsenic she endorsed Kamala Harris against Donald Trump.

The erstwhile first woman and caput of authorities was defeated by Barack Obama successful nan Democratic superior successful 2008, and by Trump astatine nan 2016 election.

But that didn't extremity Clinton from boasting that she 'won nan nationalist celebrated vote' successful 2016 while giving  Harris her enthusiastic support and predicting she can become nan first female US president.

Vice President Harris is nan presumptive 2024 Democratic nominee aft President Joe Biden dropped retired of nan title against Trump connected Sunday.

Clinton, 76, compared herself to Harris successful a piece for nan New York Times on Tuesday, wherever she portrayed herself arsenic blazing a way for Harris, 59.

'While it still pains maine that I couldn't break that highest, hardest solid ceiling, I'm proud that my 2 statesmanlike campaigns made it look normal to person a female astatine nan apical of nan ticket,' she wrote.

Clinton, who was first woman to her hubby Bill successful 1993 to 2001, explained really she was a unfortunate of sexism arsenic a female statesmanlike candidate.

'I cognize a point aliases 2 astir really difficult it tin beryllium for beardown women candidates to conflict done nan sexism and double standards of American politics,' she wrote.

'I've been called a witch, a 'nasty woman' and overmuch worse. I was moreover burned successful effigy. 

'As a candidate, I sometimes shied distant from talking astir making history. I wasn't judge voters were fresh for that. And I wasn't moving to break a barrier; I was moving because I thought I was nan astir qualified to do nan job.'

She did admit Harris would 'face unsocial further challenges arsenic nan first Black and South Asian female to beryllium astatine nan apical of a awesome party’s ticket'.

Clinton wrote she was optimistic that Harris could flooded this, drafting connected nan metallic linings of her grounded run.

'After all, I won nan nationalist celebrated ballot by astir 3 cardinal successful 2016, and it’s not truthful agelong agone that Americans overwhelmingly elected our first Black president,' she said, successful reference to Obama.

Clinton besides referenced herself successful comparing her repeated electoral failures to Biden's 'patriotic' determination to wantonness his bid for a 2nd term.

'As 1 who shared that dream and has had to make bid pinch letting it go, I cognize this wasn’t easy. But it was nan correct point to do,' she wrote.

Harris was 'chronically underestimated, arsenic are truthful galore women successful politics', Clinton declared, and would person to 'cut done nan noise' to triumph nan election.

'Harris’s grounds and characteristic will beryllium distorted and disparaged by a flood of disinformation and nan benignant of disfigured prejudice we’re already proceeding from MAGA mouthpieces,' she wrote.

'A 2nd Trump word would beryllium overmuch worse than nan first. Mr Trump’s plans are much extreme, he is much unhinged, and nan guardrails that constrained immoderate of his worst instincts are gone.'

Clinton was elected to nan US Senate successful New York aft her husband's word expired, and served until 2009 erstwhile she was appointed caput of authorities by Obama.

She only served 1 word earlier stepping down to attraction connected having a 2nd changeable astatine nan presidency, winning nan information complete Bernie Sanders.

However, contempt winning nan celebrated ballot 48.2 per cent to 46.1 per cent, she decisively mislaid nan Electoral College 227 to 304.

Clinton surrendered nan swings states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin - which are again captious for Harris to triumph this year.

She besides mislaid Iowa, Ohio, and Florida, each of which Obama won successful 2012 on pinch nan different 3 captious plaything states.