Clinton Campaign Says She ‘Misspoke,’ Did Not Land ‘Under Sniper Fire’
Hillary Clinton’s campaign backed off Monday from a disputed campaign claim, saying Clinton “misspoke” when she said she landed “under sniper fire” during a 1996 trip to war-torn Yugoslavia.
There were reports of snipers in nearby hills, but no known shots were taken at the landing craft or tarmac in Tuzla, Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson told reporters on a conference call.
“The facts are clear from contemporaneous news accounts that she was entering a potentially dangerous situation, and she has written about this before, she has talked about this before and there you have it,” Wolfson said in a conference call.
“Now, it is possible in the most recent instance in which she discussed this that she misspoke with regard to, you know, the exit from the plane,” he continued.
“There were reports of snipers in the hills and they were forced to cut short an event on the tarmac. That is what she wrote in her book, that is what she has said many, many times. And on one occasion she misspoke, but it’s — the record is clear in terms what she has said before on this topic.”
Despite a growing number of disputed accounts, Clinton and her supporters have repeatedly claimed that her 1996 to Yugoslavia was evidence that she was considered a key foreign policy adviser in her husband’s administration, largely due to a high level of danger on the trip.
Clinton has said that the plane landed “corkscrew”-style, similar to the way planes land in Baghdad to avoid surface-to-air threats, and that her arrival was “under sniper fire.”
Last week, during a speech at George Washington University in Washington, she said she remembered “that trip to Bosnia. … There was a saying around the White House that if a place was too small, too poor, or too dangerous, the president couldn’t go, so send the First Lady. That’s where we went.
“I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.”
Comedian Sinbad, who accompanied Clinton on the trip, recently said he recalled a much more relaxed trip, and a Washington Post fact-check piece on Saturday lambasted the claims.
And a CBS News report of the trip posted to YouTube shows a smiling Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, shaking troops’ hands and touring encampments in the open.
FOX News Jim Angle contributed to this report.
john mccain misspoke.hillary lied .this isnt the first time and it wont be the last time her and her husband lied right to our faces and it wont be the last time .they cant even be truthful with one another how do we expect her to be truthful with the american people .
Backoff!? She just got caught in a lie. She must be her own “Judas” — no wait, didn’t she already sell out the White House for ‘guest’ dollars? Oh my, what a mess she has created for herself.
Hil/Bill, time to get out of the race. Just walk away and salvage your remaining dignity.
I want to know why was this story tucked under .It should be headlined like all of Obama stuff was . Hey fox do you job fairly
Misspoke my rear end, It’s called a lie. Why is it she is the first to call someone else a liar.
She forgets her own lies. I hope all who want to vote or her remembers this 1 also. She has and Bill misspoke so much maybe she should just read what her expert write. She doesn’t even remember the lies she writes in her own book.
She is ready on day one…to continue to lie!!
She can denounce it. Nobama uses that word a lot. He has already denounced a lot of his corrupt friends from Chicago.
She lies so much……..Her tongue should be fined.
if you have to choose between believing hillary or a comedian, you are ahead to choose the comedian. when will that woman ever get her head together
When a person is born they are given a name. As you grow you develop your character. As an adult you should never let your character shame your name. Apparently the Clinton team never given this concept any thought.
Misspoke? Is Hillary now taking a page out of McCain’s handbook?? I call it a lie to build herself up. Why would Americans want such an outrageous liar as President. She seems to spit these lies out with a comfort level of no one I’ve ever seen anywhere on TV. She gives women everywhere a really bad name and does women of America no justice. You go girl! Right.
as usual….if it don’t make her look good, then by god, she’ll just lie and ACT like it did happen….