CNN?Interview
????LARRY?KING,?HOST
????Good?evening?–?I?think.?And?welcome?to?LARRY?KING?LIVE.?I?don‘t?see?myself;?I?assume?we‘re?on.?Senator?HILLARY?Rodham?Clinton,?or?should?I?say?"Harry?Potter,"?is?our?guest.?Two?hundred?thousand?copies,?according?to?Simon?and?Shuster,?sold?yesterday?of?her?book?Living?History.?What?do?you?make?of?that?.
????SEN.?HILLARY?RODHAM?CLINTON?,?NEW?YORK
????Well,?I‘m?very?gratified.
????KING
????Why?did?you?do?this?
????HILLARY
????Well?you?know?every?first?lady--?and?you?know?this?so?well,?because?I?think?you‘ve?interviewed?everyone,?I?don‘t?know?how?far?back--?but?many?of?my?predecessors?--?and?I?always?enjoyed?their?books.?I?thought?they?gave?us?insight?and?information?about?what?the?experience?was?like?in?the?White?House.
????So?long?before?Bill‘s?term?ended,?I?began?thinking?about?thinking?to?do?the?same.?And?I‘m?really?glad?I?did,?because?although?it?was?difficult?in?many?respects,?it?gave?me?a?chance?to?talk?about?the?full?range?of?the?extraordinary?time?I?had.
KING
????Has?it?been?hard?to?talk?about?the?Lewinsky?thing?and?the?things?you?had?to?deal?with?
HILLARY
????Yes.
KING
????Hard?
HILLARY
????Yes,?it?was?hard.?I?mean?you?know?that.?It?was?hard?because?these?were?very?personal,?private,?painful?matters?that?unfortunately?were?made?public?and?I?regret?that.?But?given?the?fact?that?they?were,?they?became?part?of?history,?not?just?my?personal?history.?So?when?I?had?to?sit?down?and?write?the?book?and?think?about?what?would?go?in,?I?felt?obligated?to?address?these?issues.
KING
????You?do?think,?though,?that?once?it?came?out?it?was?a?journalistic?story??.
HILLARY
????Yes,?yes.
KING
????But?what?about?the?author,?what?about?HILLARY??She?has?to?stand?by?and?yet?be?hurt.
HILLARY
????You?summed?it?up?very?well.
KING
????Supporting?your?president?and?you‘re?pretty?mad?at?your?husband.
HILLARY
????That?about?sums?it?up.
KING
????Was?that?conflicted?feelings?
HILLARY
????It?was?having?to?carry?these?two?competing?feelings?in?my?head?and?heart?at?the?same?time.?I?was,?as?I?say?in?the?book,?ready?to?wring?his?neck.?I?was?so?upset?and?angry?with?him,?very?disappointed.