Sen. Feinstein: Fair to Say Clinton’s ‘Hurting’ After Campaign of ‘Name-Calling’

Senator Dianne Feinstein said on MSNBC today that Hillary Clinton is obviously having a rough time after losing an election where she faced a lot of attacks and “name-calling.”

Feinstein weighed in on Russian hacking and concerns over Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump‘s choice for Secretary of State, before Mitchell asked her about her recent dinner with the Democratic presidential nominee.

Feinstein said, “It’s fair to say that she’s hurting.”

She brought up everything Clinton went through during the campaign:

“She is brave, she is a real professional in the sense of her values, her care, her concern, and as I think all of us know who watched that campaign, it was a hard campaign for her. The name-calling, the email intrusion, the misinterpretation with what she did with emails, 11 hours in front of a committee… and she stood up to it all.”

Feinstein concluded that Clinton “has a spine of steel” and she’ll be able to move on from this.

Watch above, via MSNBC.

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