NPR Interview with Clinton Emerges: 'My Roots Are Conservative, I'm Proud I Was a Goldwater Girl'

While it’s important to note that Hillary Clinton’s interview with Scott Simon took place in 1996, the fact that she embraced conservative principles and expressed pride at having worked on the Goldwater campaign is a direct contradiction with her 2016 campaign. Clinton has struggled to identify herself as a “progressive who likes to get things done,” which opened her up to criticism from genuine progressive Bernie Sanders.