I was wondering what was going on.........thanks. Why the clinton machine is without a agenda and comment to fight back? They are off-kilter. You would think they would have something on this in the can already to go? Fascinating for me all of this. Why the heck they didn't think someone would attack them on this?????
In my opinion, which is all it is, the Hillary campaign was not expecting to be countered on her status as champion of women. The Clinton's have NEVER been challenged on women's rights, even in the heat of the Lewinsky scandal (what CEO or boss could have survived being caught doing what he was?) and the regular "bimbo eruptions" throughout, they were ironclad. Their status as champions of women's rights was never put in question by Republicans. They treated it with genteel velvet gloves and such dignity.
I don't think the Clinton's ever imagined that someone would be so brazen as to take it right back to them, hard and direct. They thought - as many do - that Trump was just a buffoon. They underestimated him. And when he hit them and it stuck, they were thrown completely off their game. They are in crisis mode right now. They have no answer because they never expected this, they thought it impossible, knowing and being able to control Republicans as they do so well. But this guy is different. Anyway, that's my opinion of what we are seeing here.
Amended to say: and you know how Democrat politicians work - coming up with a response is not that quick or easy. They will have to brain-storm then focus group (to death) whatever angles they can come up with and then feed them to and train their media helpers to play along before using them. They can't fight off the cuff, they are too prone to bad mistakes. My guess is they will go quiet for a time (they can afford that against The Bern) and then come back with a completely different direction and different issue to push.