I think that the coalition that President [Barack] Obama put together to win twice is a coalition that I can put together and add to.

I think his [Bernie Sanders] campaign was good for the Democratic Party, good for our country. And I know how passionate he is about the issues he cares about. So we'll have a long list of matters to discuss when we sit down.

I spent four and a half hours debating Donald Trump in three debates, which I think should put to rest any questions about my stamina.

Occasionally I’ll be sitting somewhere and I’ll be listening to someone perhaps not saying the kindest things about me. And I’ll look down at my hand and I’ll sort of pinch my skin to make sure it still has the requisite thickness I know Eleanor Roosevelt expects me to have.

I always believed you could learn something from nearly everybody you meet, if you're open to it.

I mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different than it was a hundred years ago, 200 years ago. The country has lived with so much violence and conflict that many people, men and women, just want it to be over.

The first thing is we got to make sure we try to keep guns out of the wrong hands. And I want comprehensive background checks.