The cover of What Happened

What Happened

What was it like to run for President, lose after a huge effort, and find a way forward?

At a glance

Author
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Why read it

  • You will see a campaign from the inside, through the choices and mistakes of the person running it
  • You will learn how one person kept going after a crushing public defeat, and what helped her look ahead
  • You will know what a woman in public life faces from critics, and how one chose to answer

Who it is for

  • A leader coming back from a very public setback
  • A voter who wants one candidate's own account of the race
  • A woman in a demanding career facing doubters

Contents

  1. Author’s Note
  2. Perseverance
  3. Perseverance
  4. Showing Up
  5. Showing Up
  6. Grit and Gratitude
  7. Grit and Gratitude
  8. Competition
  9. Competition
  10. Get Caught Trying
  11. Get Caught Trying
  12. Getting Started
  13. Getting Started
  14. A Day in the Life
  15. A Day in the Life
  16. Sisterhood
  17. Sisterhood
  18. On Being a Woman in Politics
  19. On Being a Woman in Politics
  20. Motherhood, Wifehood, Daughterhood, Sisterhood
  21. Motherhood, Wifehood, Daughterhood, Sisterhood
  22. Turning Mourning into a Movement
  23. Turning Mourning into a Movement
  24. Idealism and Realism
  25. Idealism and Realism
  26. Change Makers
  27. Change Makers
  28. Sweating the Details
  29. Sweating the Details
  30. Making History
  31. Making History
  32. Frustration
  33. Frustration
  34. Country Roads
  35. Country Roads
  36. Those Damn Emails
  37. Those Damn Emails
  38. Trolls, Bots, Fake News, and Real Russians
  39. Trolls, Bots, Fake News, and Real Russians
  40. Election Night
  41. Election Night
  42. Why
  43. Why
  44. Resilience
  45. Resilience
  46. Love and Kindness
  47. Love and Kindness
  48. Onward Together
  49. Onward Together

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