日前，希拉里来到德国宣传其上月出版的新书《艰难的选择》。期间，她接受了《明镜周刊》采访。她说，曾有两位罗斯福总统，也曾有两位亚当斯总统，“也许有的家庭就是有一种使命感或是倾向去从政。”
然而，希拉里也表示“我的姓氏最终并没助我成功”，暗指自己在2008年与巴拉克·奥巴马竞选美国总统时的失败。
希拉里补充道：“我们的政治体系向每一个人都是开放的。它不是君主制——我早上醒来，然后让位给我儿子。”但希拉里承认，现有的收入不均的确给民主带来威胁。她说：“人们不再相信，只要自己努力工作，境况就将得到好转。人们对彼此、对政治体系都失去了信心。我认为这对民主是一种巨大威胁。”
在接受专访时，希拉里还回应了关于美国监控德国总理默克尔手机的问题。她说，这是绝对错误的事。虽然自己已不在政府工作，但她感到抱歉。然而，希拉里也强调，美国绝不会与任何一个国家签订“无监控”协议。她说：“在某些情况下，监控是对每个人都最有利的选择。”
According to the U.S. New York Daily News in 8th July, the former U.S. first lady, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently accepted German Der Spiegel interview, it is not a problem that the American people selec peole from the same family as the president. She said, We had two Presidents Roosevelt.
Recently, Hillary Clinton came to Germany to promote his new book, hard choices, which was published last month, in the Period, she accepted the Der Spiegel interview. She said, there were two presidents Roosevelt and two President Adams, maybe some families have a sense of mission or a tendency to go into politics."
However, Clinton also said, "Ultimately my surname did not help me successed", alluding that she failed when she competed with Barack Obama for the U.S. president in 2008.
Clinton added:" Our political system is open to everyone and it is not the monarchy - I wake up in the morning, then gave it to my son." But Clinton acknowledged that the current income inequality is indeed a threat to democracy. She said: "People no longer believe as long as you work hard, the situation will get better. People have lost confidence in others and the political system. I think this is a great threat to democracy."
During the interview, Clinton also responded the event that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone was monitored by the U.S. She said this is absolutely wrong. Although she no longer works in Government, she felt sorry. However, Clinton also emphasized that the United States would never sign a " no monitoring " agreement with any country. She said, " In some cases, monitoring is the most beneficial for everyone ." She said, " In some cases, monitoring is the most beneficial for everyone."
