Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joked about her recent subway struggles at a charity dinner. (Photo : YouTube/CNN)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the opportunity to humorously hit out at critiques over an incident at the New York subway station. The presidential hopeful who made several attempts to swipe her 'MetroCard,' jokingly blamed it on the city's mayor.
Clinton made a surprise appearance at a charity function over the weekend. She took the opportunity at the event to put an end to the humorous jibes on social media about her incident, NBC News reported.
"Would you please fix these MetroCard slots in the Subway. It took me like five swipes," Clinton was quoted by the news channel as telling New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio during the event. The function was the "Inner Circle" show which is an annual comedic musical show.
According to the news channel, the function is where local journalists ridicule local and international politicians. This year's event focused heavily on New York's Mayor and Governor.
De Blasio invited Clinton to the stage in good fun. Her presence on stage was part of a means to honor the charity's tradition of putting on a rebuttal skit.
De Blasio played along with a skit which poked fun at a perceived rivalry between him and Governor Andrew Cuomo.In the spirit of the "Hamilton" musical, De Blasio performed a rap segment.
"My left-wing cred is epic, it's Biblical. You get one guess who's the most liberal. I make Bernie Sanders look like Trump. I'm down with Sandinistas and The Donald's a chump," De Blasio was quoted by the news channel as saying.
De Blasio during his rap segment introduced Clinton as the " the Queen of the Democrats, my home girl Hillary." She was quick to acknowledge the comments by the Mayor. "Thanks for the endorsement, Bill. Took you long enough," she was quoted as saying jokingly.
Meanwhile, Clinton told an audience in New York recently that her campaign was on its way towards "nominations," CNN reported. However, she was quoted by the network as saying she needed to become a nominee as fast as possible. She said once a nominee she could devote her focus to dealing with the Republicans.
"I need to win big here in New York, because the sooner I can become the nominee, I can turn and unify the Democratic Party like I did with President Obama in 2008," Clinton was quoted by the network as saying.
The nomination race between Bernie Sanders and Clinton has grown bitter according to media reports tracking the progress of the duo. The Vermont senator was quoted by media as saying that Clinton was not qualified to be President .
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