Gillibrand says relationship with Clinton ‘strong’ despite saying Bill should have quit

By Naomi Lim

Published April 10, 2019 2:44am ET

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Gillibrand says relationship with Clinton ‘strong’ despite saying Bill should have quit — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks during the We the People Membership Summit, featuring the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, at the Warner Theater, in Washington, Monday, April 1, 2019. | (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are on speaking terms.

Gillibrand, who was reportedly on shaky ground with her mentor after she said former President Bill Clinton should have resigned in the 1990s over his extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky, said she didn’t believe her comments fractured her relationship with the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.

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