November 2, 2007

Hillary Clinton and the Media

By EVAN R. GOLDSTEIN

This month, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign focused on the theme of "Women Changing America." The Democratic front-runner kicked things off with a visit to the woman-friendly set of the talk show The View, where Clinton bantered with host Barbara Walters about the unique difficulties of being a female candidate for president. "I still think, perhaps, there's probably a tougher standard for women, especially running for president," Clinton said. "You try to break a barrier,