--- title: Hillary Clinton: Democrats Aren't Happy About Her Book Tour description: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is re-emerging to plug her new book on the 2016 presidential campaign. canonical: https://time.com/4935652/hillary-clinton-book-tour-democrats/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-11T19:42:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:21:41.147Z article:section: Politics og:title: Democrats Aren't Happy About Hillary Clinton's Book Tour og:description: The party remains sharply divided. og:url: https://time.com/4935652/hillary-clinton-book-tour-democrats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Democrats Aren't Happy About Hillary Clinton's Book Tour twitter:description: The party remains sharply divided. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Democrats Aren't Happy About Hillary Clinton's Return > Sponsored content. 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Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Sep 11, 2017 7:42 PM UTC Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is re-emerging to plug her new book on the 2016 presidential campaign and Democrats aren’t exactly thrilled. Ten months after her loss to Donald Trump, Clinton’s party remains sharply divided over the reasons for the defeat and how to recover from it. Look no further than the push by progressive lawmakers this week on single-payer healthcare or the increasing list of potential 2020 candidates dipping their toes in the waters of Iowa and New Hampshire. Another hurricane is again dominating the Washington agenda, as the nation’s capital grasps with managing and preparing to fund the response to Hurricane Irma. The White House says it’s as yet too early to know the full cost, but it anticipates as many as three substantial supplemental funding requests for disaster relief in the coming months—each a potential legislative showdown. Steve Bannon speaks out. Trump aides lawyer up. 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