Hillary Clinton will sit down for her first live television interview of the campaign trail with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room” Thursday evening, continuing to make good on her promise to be more accessible to the press.
The interview will come a day after Clinton talked with Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show,” where she let Fallon tug on her hair to prove it was real and participated in a sketch where she was interviewed by “Donald Trump” — as played by Fallon.
The live interview and late-night appearance come as the Clinton campaign has said it is going to try to showcase Clinton’s more spontaneous and charming side, as her early lead in most polls has slid. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has even taken the lead in some surveys in the key primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire.
Clinton was also a prime target at Wednesday night’s Republican presidential primary debate hosted by CNN at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. GOP 2016 hopefuls including Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie and front-runner Donald Trump attacked her record as secretary of state as well as her trustworthiness.
Clinton sat down for a series of interviews last week in which she apologized for the decision to use a private email server while at the State Department — an effort by her campaign to try to put the lingering, damaging issue behind it.
The former secretary of state is traveling in New Hampshire on Thursday, where she received the endorsement of the state’s governor Maggie Hassan.