Hillary on deplorable Americans, voters, and on Trump

Clinton: Trump's inauguration speech was 'a cry from the white nationalist gut'

" . . . I'm a former first lady, and former presidents and first ladies show up," Clinton said on "CBS News Sunday Morning." 

"It's part of the demonstration of the continuity of our government. And so there I was, on the platform, you know, feeling like an out-of-body experience. And then his speech, which was a cry from the white nationalist gut."

Clinton also told CBS's Jane Pauley that Trump tapped into a "nostalgia" with his supporters.

"He was quite successful in referencing a nostalgia that would give hope, comfort, settle grievances for millions of people who were upset about gains that were made by others," Clinton said.

Pauley then pressed on: "What you're saying is millions of white people?"

"Millions of white people, yeah. Millions of white people," Clinton replied.

She added, "I understood that there were many Americans who, because of the financial crash, there was anger. And there was resentment. I knew that. But I believed that it was my responsibility to try to offer answers to it, not to fan it. I think, Jane, that it was a mistake because a lot of people didn't want to hear my plans. They wanted me to share their anger. And I should've done a better job of demonstrating 'I get it.'"

Asked about her infamous "basket of deplorables" comment during the campaign, in which she said half of Trump's supporters are "irredeemable," Clinton reiterated that thought.

"Trump was behaving in a deplorable manner," she said, citing the "Access Hollywood" tape as an example.

"There were a large number of people who didn't care," Clinton said.

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Clinton was asked about her basket of deplorables comment, and she answered, “I thought Trump was behaving in a deplorable manner. 

"I thought a lot of his appeals to voters were deplorable. 

"I thought his behavior as we saw on the Access Hollywood tape was deplorable, and there were a large number of people who didn’t care. 

"It did not matter to them, and he turned out to be a very effective reality TV star.”