In her last scheduled public appearance before embarking on a presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton offered the press corps that will cover her for the next two years an olive branch in one hand and a proverbial yardstick she will judge them with in the other. The former secretary of state has a famously “complicated” relationship with the media, as she put it, but appeared Monday night at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. to present the Robin Toner prize for journalism. “I am well aware that some of you may be a little surprised to see me here,” Clinton cracked a the room full of Washington political reporters – the first in a series of jokes at her own expense. With her self-effacing humor and awareness of her own foibles in dealing with the press, Clinton offered an olive branch. “I am all about new beginnings. A new granddaughter, another new hairstyle, a new email account. So why not a new relationship with the press?” Clinton asked. “So here goes: no more secrecy. No more zone of privacy. After all, what good did that do me?” Read more http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-offers-reporters-and-yardstick
