Hillary Clinton: Her family is not like the 'truly well off

Hillary Rodham Clinton (Matt Rourke, AP)

#Hillary Rodham Clinton’s comments about her personal wealth are getting attention again.

In an interview with The Guardian newspaper published over the weekend, the Democrat sought to deflect arguments that her status as a multimillionaire might hurt her credibility with voters concerned about income inequality.

Voters, #Clinton said, “don’t see me as part of the problem because we pay ordinary income tax, unlike a lot of people who are truly well off, not to name names; and we’ve done it through the dint of hard work.”

Republicans quickly seized on her remarks. One e-mail on the topic Sunday from a Republican National Committee spokesman bore this subject line: “World’s Smallest Violin Is Playing for Hillary.”

Clinton — on a whirlwind tour promoting her latest book, Hard Choices – has stumbled in recent weeks when talking about money.

Earlier this month, she sought to clarify comments that she and her husband were “dead broke” after he left the White House.

A CNN analysis found that Bill Clinton earned more than $106 million in speaking fees since the end of his presidency in 2001 through January 2o13.  Since leaving the State Department early last year, Hillary Rodham Clinton earned as much as $200,000 per event through speaking engagements before trade groups and businesses. USA Today