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Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonHillary Clinton: Biden less 'constrained' than Clinton and Obama due to prior administration Biden's unavoidable foreign policy crisis Democrats seek to keep spotlight on Capitol siege MORE gave her assessment of President BidenJoe Biden1.6 million US air passengers fly in a day for first time since last March Biden administration eyeing long-term increase in food stamps: report Conspiracy against the poor MOREs first 100 days in an interview aired on Sunday where she said Biden was less constrained than previous Democratic presidents due to the prior administration.

While appearing on CNNs Fareed Zakaria GPS, host Fareed Zakaria asked Clinton how she felt about Bidens wide-reaching proposals so far, noting that her husband, former President Clinton, had once said in a State of the Union address that the era of big government is over.

I really think it's a new age, Clinton said. And in part because what had to happen in the 90s did happen, there was a lot of, you know, positive economic growth that was aided and abetted by government policy, and huge amounts of advancement for people up and down the income scale.

Clinton opined that the pandemic had made more people aware that there's lots of times when we need the government. She added that she was thrilled that Biden was taking advantage of this moment to push progressive policies.

I think both President Obama and Clinton did too, but they were more constrained given, you know, what the climate was politically during their administrations, Clinton said. So yes, I think it builds on a lot of what did happen in prior Democratic administrations, but it also goes further and it can go further because people understand, Guess what, you know, we kind of were failed by our government for four years.

Zakaria noted Biden faces a great deal of opposition from GOP lawmakers, particularly when it comes to his proposed infrastructure bill and asked Clinton if she believed in compromise with the possibility of lowering the amount of money spent through the bills.

Well I think there needs to be a good faith negotiation, and I'm not sure yet, that the Republicans are engaging in a good faith negotiation and that has to be tested, Clinton replied. So I'm very confident that, given his years in the legislature legislative body in the Senate, and certainly as vice president, President Biden will test that.

However, the former secretary of Stateadded that she believed theadministrationwould have to make "a very clear political calculation" at some point if an agreement could not be reached.

She suggested the administration would have to split its proposals into two parts: one they know the GOP agrees and another that have yet to reach a compromise on anddetermine whether or not negotiations have been made in good faith.

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