Speaking at a Children’s Defense Fund benefit in Washington, D.C., the ex-First Lady confessed: “I will admit coming here tonight wasn’t the easiest thing for me.”
The group’s founder, Marian Wright Edelman – who Clinton describes as her mentor – introduced her to the crowd on Wednesday night as “our president,” highlighting the fact that Clinton won the popular vote.
The 68-year-old revealed at the press conference that she felt like staying indoors away from public view, since losing out to Donald Trump last week. “There have been a few times this past week where all I wanted to do is curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave our house again,” she touchingly stated at the event.
“I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of this election. I am, too. More than I can ever express.”

Clinton urged her supporters to pick themselves up and dust off this defeat and to continue the good fight. “I often quote Marian when she says that ‘Service is the rent we pay for living,'” Clinton said. “Well, you don’t get to stop paying rent just because things don’t go your way.”
She told the audience that while “the divisions laid bare by this election run deep’” that disillusioned Democrat supporters should continue to “believe in our country, fight for our values and never, ever give up”.