Hillary Clinton has refused to disappear into the political night, even though some Democrats, still reeling from her shock 2016 election loss to Donald Trump and looking for fresh faces to revive the party's fortunes, wish she would.

The former secretary of State returned to the spotlight last spring, including giving an interview in which she declared: "I take responsibility for every decision I made, but that's not why I lost." (She blamed not her own deficiencies as a candidate but Russian-directed "fake news" and then-FBI Director James Comey's 11th-hour revival of her email scandal.)

Now she's bringing out a memoir about the campaign, called "What Happened."

Clinton will make an appearance in Portland to promote the book. She's on the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall's schedule for December 12. Tickets go on sale September 18. (The book hits shelves on September 12.)

In an excerpt released last week by publisher Simon & Schuster, Clinton relates how she really didn't like Trump looming behind her during the televised debate that took place just two days after a video surfaced in which the GOP nominee bragged about grabbing women by the crotch.

"It was one of those moments," she writes, "where you wish you could hit pause and ask everyone watching: 'Well, what would you do?' Do you stay calm, keep smiling and carry on as if he weren't repeatedly invading your space? Or do you turn, look him in the eye, and say loudly and clearly: 'Back up, you creep, get away from me! I know you love to intimidate women, but you can't intimidate me, so back up.'"

-- Douglas Perry