It’s almost impossible to go into an interview with Hillary and Chelsea Clinton without some preconceptions. They have, after all, been on the global stage for the better part of four decades, with scenes from their public lives as familiar (if not as mundane) as our own: a preteen Chelsea on her father Bill’s campaign trail; the presidential family walking hand in hand on the White House lawn, post-Lewinsky scandal; Hillary’s emotional concession speech after the 2016 election.
So it’s a bit surreal to sit waiting for the Clinton women to join a Zoom chat about their new Apple TV+ show Gutsy — so much so that when their polished, smiling images appear on the screen, it initially looks like a promotional still, a digital placeholder to contemplate until the pair signs on. That is, until Hillary shifts and bellows “Hello!” in her distinctive cadence, reminding us of the actual…
