Hillary Clinton likes baths and showers, enjoys vodka and Chardonnay and thinks she ran for president against both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
Those were some of the answers she divulged when playing the ‘boxers or briefs?’ game onstage of D.C.’s Warner Theatre with Politics & Prose co-owner Lissa Muscatine, as part of the first stop on her 15-city tour – deemed ‘Hillary Clinton Live’ – to promote her new book.
And in the Democratic stronghold of Washington, D.C., who voted for her over President Trump at 92.8 percent, Clinton’s performance was eaten up – so much that when her primary rival Bernie Sanders’ name was mentioned, people hissed.
Hillary Clinton waves to her audience at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., the first stop on her 15-city book tour
Supporters of Hillary Clinton waited in a line that stretched down 13th Street NW as they attended the first event that is part of her What Happened book tour
Hillary Clinton (left) amused the crowd by playing a game called ‘Boxers or Briefs,’ at the suggestion of Politics & Prose’s Lissa Muscatine (right)
Hillary Clinton (left) poses with her children’s book It Takes a Village, as Lissa Muscatine (right) holds Clinton’s new book What Happened
Copies of Hillary Clinton’s new book What Happened were placed all over the stage, and each audience member took one home from tonight’s event
A crowd gathers in front of Warner Theatre in Washington for ‘An Evening with Hillary Clinton,’ the first official stop of her 15-city book tour
A protester dressed like ‘Lady MacDeath’ waved to people arriving at Hillary Clinton’s book talk Monday night at Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Clinton’s new book, What Happened, has been out for less than a week, but she’s done a blitz of interviews and appearances to ensure that it sold.
To differentiate ‘Hillary Clinton Live’ from previous interview, Muscatine promised the audience it would be more personal.
So about halfway through the evening’s affair, the Politics & Prose co-owner, a former Clinton speechwriter herself, decided it was time to play a game.
‘This book is very revealing, people now know exactly what kind of hot sauce you like and they know you do deep breathing,’ Muscatine explained. ‘We’re going to help out with a few more things.’
The name of the challenge, ‘Boxers or Briefs,’ came from a question Hillary Clinton’s husband received at an MTV form while serving as president in 1994.
‘I do have to say a word about hot sauce first,’ Clinton interrupted as Muscatine tried to start the game. ‘I mean, I have carried hot sauce since 1992, I just want you to know. And there were people who were actually accusing me of just making that up. It’s not made up.’
‘But I do spent probably more time than I should in the book talking about hot sauce so if anybody wants any recommendations, let me know,’ Clinton added, to large laughs.
Muscatine then asked Clinton if she was a ‘tea’ or ‘coffee’ drinker.
‘Coffee,’ she replied.
The question of ‘beach or mountains’ came next.
‘What?’ Clinton said, asking for a repeat. ‘Beach,’ she decided on, moving on.
Then, shower or bath?
‘Well, these are all really unfair,’ Clinton answered. ‘That is particularly unfair. Really it depends on how much time you have.’
After that, pilates or yoga.
‘Yoga,’ Clinton replied.
‘Vodka or Chardonnay?’ Muscatine asked, getting a lot of laughs.
‘Again, it depends on how much time you have,’ Clinton said.
That response received whoops and screams from the audience.
Muscatine went with the more mundane ‘history or mystery?’ And then the more interesting ‘Putin or Trump?’
‘Yeah, well, I have to take that under advisement for the following reasons, I ran against both of them,’ Clinton said, leaving it there, which earned her more screaming from the crowd.
At the beginning of the program, Politics & Prose’s co-owner Bradley Graham stepped out onstage and said Clinton’s appearance had set a record.
‘This is the largest author talk that P&P ever sponsored,’ Graham said, noting that the tickets had sold out in minutes. ‘You are all the lucky ones,’ he told those sitting in the crowd.
And then, as the former secretary of state appeared she received nearly a minute and a half of a standing ovation and applause.
‘I think it was very cathartic. I think that she added a lot of humor,’ attendee Thomas Doyle told DailyMail.com after the program was done.
He had worked for Clinton’s 2008 campaign and volunteered for the effort in 2016. Doyle believed Clinton had conveyed a sense of moving on and helping people move forward.
Clinton’s supporters were enthusiastic about what they had heard from the stage tonight.
‘I just agree with everything she said. I just love her. She’s so thoughtful. She’s so smart. She knows so much about so many things, and that is completely what we’re missing in the White House right now, and I’m just completely devastated,’ said Kim Bowman as she was leaving with the crowd.
Another supporter, Heather Casey, echoed Bowman’s sentiment.
‘It was everything I hoped it would be,’ Casey said. ‘She was upbeat, she admitted some things that she could have done better, things that influenced the campaign from outside.’
‘It was really great to hear her speak,’ Casey said.