Hillary Clinton: Five things we learnt from What Happened

Democratic candidate’s election memoir offers an intimate look at battle with Donald Trump

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LAS VEGAS, TUESDAY: Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton share a laugh during a debate in Las Vegas
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What Happened, Hillary Clinton’s much-anticipated new election memoir, includes candid insights into the race, from her primary face-off with Bernie Sanders, to her televised clashes with Trump and her experience on election night, when her Republican rival defied pollsters and pundits to clinch a shock victory.

It is a revealing new entry in an under-appreciated genre , says The New York Times - the memoirs of the defeated politician, which “tell us as much if not more about the mysteries of political character than do the accounts of battles won”.

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