Clinton's Buffalo visit Thursday sparks debate deja vu [View all]

Hillary Clinton almost seemed to anticipate the “Lazio question.”

She was, after all, headed to Buffalo and the Filling Station at Larkinville on Thursday afternoon to sign her new book, “What Happened.”

And Buffalo provided the backdrop for the first time an opponent “invaded her space” back in 2000 when she was a candidate for the U.S. Senate. That’s when then-Rep. Rick Lazio walked across the WNED-TV stage and shoved toward her a “pledge” banning the use of soft money.

“Right here, right here,” the Long Island Republican demanded. “Sign it right now.”

So it seemed only right that The Buffalo News would query the 2016 Democratic candidate for president during a phone interview about that event 17 years ago. On page 136 of her newest publication, she describes a similar encounter with her last opponent — Donald Trump — now president of the United States.

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