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Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright reprised her line that “there is a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other” while introducing Clinton at a rally on Saturday.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright reprised her line that 
“there is a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other” 
while introducing Clinton at a rally on Saturday.

Clinton told a young woman the same day that she has to walk a “narrower 
path” because she has “got to be aware of the fact that I’m trying to be 
the first woman president of the United States of America, and there has 
never been one before, and so people don’t have, you know, an image.”

The remarks by Albright, the first woman to serve as secretary of state, 
and others by feminist icon Gloria Steinem were assailed as disparaging 
by young women supporters of Sanders. Steinem had said young women were 
drawn to Sanders because that was where the boys were.

With the next nominating contests in Nevada and South Carolina, Clinton 
will seek to lift her standing among women.

Katherine Wilbur, 20, a geography major at the University of South 
Carolina from Hopkins, South Carolina, said she had yet to decide on a 
candidate or party.

“I think that’s ridiculous. It’s 2016,” Wilbur said of the suggestion 
that women should vote for other women. “It’s not important to me."

Paige Lambert, 23, who volunteered for the Sanders campaign in New 
Hampshire, said she thought the remarks by Steinem and Albright were sexist.

"I don't think I should have to vote for a woman because I am a woman," 
Lambert said. "If I would have thought she'd do better, I would have 
voted for her. I'm not just going to vote for her because she's a woman."

Amanda Coleman, 26, of Manchester, New Hampshire, said she did not think 
candidates should be elected based on gender, but on their stances on 
the issues, and Hillary is just old corrupt politics.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright reprised her line that “there is a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other” while introducing Clinton at a rally on Saturday. Sergio <imvalid@invalid.com> - 2016-02-10 10:41 -0600

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