“It was just you had to be strong, and if you weren't strong you're a victim and you're not going to make it. That was the reality when I was growing up.”

“But it was very hard for people to separate me out from Hillary Clinton. All their ads were Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John Edwards, and me. They said I was more liberal than these guys, and that if I went to Washington I'd be supporting their agenda. I found that extremely difficult to overcome.”