Conservative PAC America Rising is taking the opportunity to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Hillary Clinton’s campaign to remind voters of in a video of how the once-inevitable candidate has failed to close the deal with voters.
Since the former secretary of state launched her campaign with a YouTube video on April 12th, she has faced enormous challenges from 74-year-old Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, and the threat of an FBI investigation into her personal email that has led to doubts about her honesty and trustworthiness.
“This is not the year Hillary Clinton envisioned when she launched her campaign one year ago today,” the PAC writes on its new webpage. “Instead of rolling through the Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton is deadlocked in a contest closer than anyone expected with avowed socialist Senator Bernie Sanders.”
In a video entitled “One Year Later,” America Rising spoofs Clinton’s April 2015 announcement with gaffes and bloopers from tracker footage and news reports. Clips include Clinton defending her high profile, high dollar fundraisers and scenes from her private jet. Several clips show Clinton getting in fights with voters on the rope line, something that has become a commonplace occurrence as more activists and Sanders supporters infiltrate campaign events with the hopes of confronting Clinton.
Over the course of the year, the Conservative PAC has made a point of tracking Clinton’s e-mail scandal, now a major issue that wasn’t on the minds of voters this time last year. America Rising’s latest “By the numbers” graphic notes the 2,115 e-mails marked “classified,” “secret” or “top secret,” and five investigations into the private e-mail server.
The graphic also reminds voters of the Clinton Foundation’s 97 newly disclosed paid speeches and the 59 percent of Americans who no longer believe Clinton to be honest and trustworthy.
The group’s new webpage takes a nostalgic look back at Clinton’s “top 10 worst moments” from the year on the campaign trail, detailing everything from her flip on the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Keystone Pipeline to the Obama administration’s confirmation that many of Clinton’s e-mails were marked classified.
Despite the many road bumps and missteps of the past year on the campaign trail, Clinton remains the clear Democratic front-runner. She leads Sanders 1,756 to 1,068 among pledged delegates and super delegates. Clinton and Sanders will face off on the debate stage Thursday night in New York City.
