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Hillary Clinton is suggesting that President Barack Obamas 2008 campaign team wanted her to attack Sarah Palin for being a woman when the former vice-presidential candidate was first named John McCains running mate.

The day she was nominated, the Obama campaign did contact me and asked me if I would attack her. I said, 'Attack her for what? For being a woman? Attack her for being on a ticket that's trying to draw attention? There'll be plenty of time to do what I think we should do in politics, which is draw distinctions,' Clinton told NBC News Cynthia McFadden in an interview set to air on Tuesdays NBC Nightly News, which was previewed on that mornings edition of NBCs Today.

Clinton made similar remarks on Tuesdays Good Morning America, where she sat down for an interview with Robin Roberts.

The former (and potentially future) presidential candidate confirmed to GMA that she was asked by the Obama campaign to go out and criticize Palin the day she was selected as McCains running mate.

I said, No, lets wait until we know where she stands. I dont know anything about her, do you know anything about her? And nobody of course did, Clinton recalled. "I think its fair to say, I made it clear Im not going to attack somebody for being a woman or a man. Im going to try to look at the issues, where they stand, what their experience is, what they intend to do -- then thats fair game."

Clinton told McFadden that the White House had reviewed her newly released memoir, Hard Choices, before publication and didnt ask her to take anything out.

Clinton refers to the Palin incident in the book, writing, according to CBS News, "[The Obama camp] immediately issued a dismissive statement and reached out to me in hopes I would follow suit. But I wouldn't. I was not going to attack Palin just for being a woman appealing for support from other women. I didn't think it made political sense, and it didn't feel right. So I said no..."

Palin tweeted about Clintons book on Monday:

Watch Clinton's interviews with McFadden and Roberts below.

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Hillary Clinton Suggests Obama Campaign Wanted Her to Attack Sarah Palin for Being a Woman (Video)