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Clinton walks tightrope to woo women voters

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Steinem apologized after suggesting young women aren’t serious with their politics and were simply enticed to the Sanders camp because “the boys are with Bernie.”

And Albright was forced to explain her remark that “there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other,” although she has said the phrase repeatedly over the years – so much so that it was printed on cups at Starbucks.

Her statement prompted New York Times columnist Frank Bruni, who is gay, to ask whether there would be a “place in hell” for him if he does not support a gay candidate.

“There’s a weird strain of thought swirling around Clinton’s campaign: that we should vote for her because she’s a woman. Or that she’s inoculated from certain flaws or accusations by dint of gender,” Bruni wrote.

“Voters don’t like being viewed as simpletons who will support someone just because that candidate is the same gender or race,” warned the University of Virginia’s Skelley.

Clinton was gently dismissive of Albright’s comments at Thursday’s debate, sticking to her credo that women are free to back her or not.

“I think she’s been saying that for as long as I’ve known her, which is about 25 years,” Clinton said.

But she also insisted the feminist struggle was far from over, whether on pay, family leave, or equal CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.

“We need a leader on women’s issues,” Clinton said, “to protect the hard-fought gains that women have made that, make no mistake about it, are under tremendous attack.”

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The key question is, will her message resonate with the younger generation?

For women born in the 1980s or 1990s, “to have a woman at the White House doesn’t seem as historical for them,” said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

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