What happened
The Grinnell College student who said she asked a planted question at a forum with Hillary Clinton continued to fuel the controversy on Tuesday, saying that she overheard another person who claimed to have also been given a question to ask by Clinton’s staff. Clinton has said it was “news to me” that the campaign planted questions, and vowed to make sure it doesn’t happen again. (The Boston Globe, free registration)
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