A behaved woman never made history

Since reading Hillary Clinton’s memoir I’ve been giving a lot of thought to ‘difficult women’, writes Louise O’Neill.

It’s been interesting to see how Hillary Clinton has been treated since she lost the 2016 Presidential election.

Criticised for failing to effectively convey her message to the public (even though only 4% of media coverage during her campaign was about policy, the rest focused heavily on — deep breath — her emails), for using a private email server while secretary of state (even though she was far from the first to do so, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice also used private accounts), and for voting in favour of the Iraq War (as John Kerry and Joe Biden also did).