Clinton fundraises while Trump goes wild

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Jul 20, 2026
CNN's Joe Johns reports Hillary Clinton is staying insulated from the press, and lettnig President Obama and others get out her message for her.
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AI GeneratedHillary Clinton has paused public appearances amid the WikiLeaks release of hacked emails from John Podesta. While she remains insulated from press scrutiny, surrogates including President Obama and Bill Clinton are actively campaigning in battleground states to attack Donald Trump's populist claims and urge voters to protect Obama's legacy.
Right now, Hillary Clinton has precisely zero public events scheduled on the books.
Between now and next Wednesday, her absence and her hibernation from the press and the
public comes as WikiLeaks continues to publish hacked and stolen emails from her campaign
chair, John Podesta, emails that would no doubt force Clinton to answer uncomfortable
questions about her campaign.
So while the Democratic nominee stays insulated from slip-ups and tough questions, both Obama's,
her husband, the vice president, her vice presidential nominee, all of them are out
there in the battleground states railing against Donald Trump.
CNN's Joe Johns has filed this report.
With Hillary Clinton off the campaign trail today, she's getting some help
from two high-profile surrogates, President Obama and Bill Clinton,
the current president unleashing a blistering attack on the GOP nominee today in Cleveland.
He's just going to drag this election as low as it can possibly go.
Saying Trump's populist rhetoric is not genuine.
All he had time for was celebrities.
And now suddenly he's acting like he's a populist out there.
Man, I'm going to fight for working people.
Come on, man.
And scolding Republicans for standing behind Trump for so long,
despite a long list of controversial statements.
I know that some of them now are walking away, but why did it take you this long?
You said you were, you're the party of family values.
What, you weren't appalled earlier?
President Obama making an impassioned plea to preserve his legacy
by sending Clinton to the White House.
All the progress we made the last eight years is on the ballot.
Democracy itself is on the ballot right now.
The Clinton campaign echoing that message with a new TV ad.
What does showing up when it's time to vote actually mean?
Clinton taking a break from her West Coast fundraising trip
to tape an appearance with Ellen DeGeneres.
Clinton needling Trump for pacing around and standing directly behind her
at their recent town hall debate.
He was really trying to dominate and then literally stalk me around the stage.
And I would just feel this presence behind me.
And, you know, I thought, whoa, this is really weird.
And so I was just trying to stay focused.
Clinton also addressing the newest allegations against her opponent,
warning her supporters not to become complacent.
Obviously, there's a lot that is coming out, which is distressing on many levels.
As Donald Trump threatens to counter recent accusations
by highlighting Bill Clinton's accusers.
If you look at Bill Clinton, far worse.
Vice President Joe Biden saying the former president's past
should not be a focus of this election.
And I wouldn't attempt to make excuses, but he paid a price.
He paid a price.
He was impeached.
A footnote on that last comment from Vice President Biden,
that old news argument that questions about Bill Clinton's behavior with women
played out during the 1990s was actually proposed as a Hillary Clinton answer
to a hypothetical debate question during the primaries this past January
and included in a debate prep briefing book for Hillary Clinton.
The document was included in one of the campaign's stolen emails
just released by WikiLeaks.
Joe Johns, thank you so much.
