Top 10 Hillary Clinton Quotes Which Lost Her the Election

7. March 13, 2016: “Put A Lot Of Coal Miners Out Of Business”

During a Democratic primary in which she found herself trying to “out-left” socialist Bernie Sanders, Clinton said at a town hall in Columbus, Ohio that “We are going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” While her message was actually one of care in which she enunciated that those who lost their jobs would be taken care of, that soundbite resonated throughout the primary, allowing Sanders to carry rural, white voters. Of course, in the general election, quotes like these may have been a deciding factor in states in the so-called “Rust Belt.”