--- title: Hillary Clinton Book Hard Choices: 5 Highlights description: Clinton on Bergdahl, Benghazi, bin Laden and more canonical: https://time.com/2834739/hillary-clinton-hard-choices-book/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-05T22:45:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:34.790Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Book Hard Choices: 5 Highlights og:description: Clinton on Bergdahl, Benghazi, bin Laden and more og:url: https://time.com/2834739/hillary-clinton-hard-choices-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Book Hard Choices: 5 Highlights twitter:description: Clinton on Bergdahl, Benghazi, bin Laden and more twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 5 Things to Know From Hillary Clinton's New Book > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Jun 5, 2014 10:45 PM UTC  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Jun 5, 2014 10:45 PM UTC CBS [managed to pick up](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clintons-hard-choices-bergdahl-benghazi-and-more/) a copy of Hillary Clinton’s new book _Hard Choices_, which is scheduled for release June 10\. Here are some of the choice revelations from the former secretary of state and possible 2016 presidential candidate. **Clinton knew the prisoner exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl could be politically difficult back home** --- > “” --- **Clinton remains defiant about investigations into the 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi** --- > “” --- **She was most proud of President Barack Obama on the day Osama bin Laden was killed** --- > “” --- **She doesn’t quite compare Russian President Vladimir Putin to Hitler, but…** --- > “” --- **She says she was wrong to vote to authorize the Iraq War in 2003** --- > “” --- **Meeting with Obama before the 2008 Democratic convention was like an “awkward first date”** --- > “” --- \[[_CBS_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clintons-hard-choices-bergdahl-benghazi-and-more/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2834739/hillary-clinton-hard-choices-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2834739/hillary-clinton-hard-choices-book/"},"headline":"5 Things to Know From Hillary Clinton's New Book","datePublished":"2014-06-05T22:45:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:34.790Z","description":"Clinton on Bergdahl, Benghazi, bin Laden and more","url":"https://time.com/2834739/hillary-clinton-hard-choices-book/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","White House","2016 presidential election"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2834739/hillary-clinton-hard-choices-book/","name":"5 Things to Know From Hillary Clinton's New Book"}}]}] ```