'The future is here': Hillary Clinton passes torch to Kamala Harris
Hillary Clinton took the stage in suffragette white Monday to pass the torch to a woman she hopes will do what she couldn’t — become the first woman president.
CHICAGO — Hillary Clinton took the stage in suffragette white Monday to pass the torch to a woman she hopes will do what she couldn’t — become the first female president of the United States.
“The future is here!” Clinton said to sustained applause at the Democratic National Convention. “I wish my mother and Kamala’s mother could see it.”
Eight years removed from her crushing defeat in the 2016 presidential election, the former senator and secretary of state weaved herself and Vice President Kamala Harris into the long story of the women’s rights movement, from the passage of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women voting rights, to this November's election.
“The story of my life and the history of our country is that progress is possible. But not guaranteed,” said Clinton, who was the first woman nominated to lead a major party’s presidential ticket. “We have to fight for it. And never, ever give up.”
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