Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while speaking at a Rainbow PUSH Women's International Luncheon at the Hyatt McCormick in Chicago Tuesday. | AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Clinton bio at Rainbow/PUSH event highlights some lowlights

CHICAGO — A short biography of Hillary Clinton in a program handed out to hundreds of audience members at the annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition convention on Monday contained some details that the candidate no doubt would prefer to forget.

Both Jesse and Jacqueline Jackson invited the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee to speak at the event, held at McCormick Place.


In the event's program, the first several paragraphs about the candidate mentioned, in glowing fashion, some of her accomplishments. But then there was this sentence: "The only first lady to have been subpoenaed."

Not exactly what you would expect to read in a promotional piece handed out by friends.

But there was more:

"She faced a federal grand jury in 1996 regarding the Whitewater controversy. No charges were brought against her related to this or any other controversies in her life."

And more:

"Her marriage endured the Lewinsky scandal of 1998, and overall her role as first lady drew a polarized response from the public." (See a photo of the program entry here)

Mike Fourcher, publisher of Aldertrack.com, first flagged the program in a Twitter post on Monday.

The entire bio appeared to be a cut and paste from Clinton's Wikipedia page.

A Rainbow Push spokesman attributed the gaffe to a "brain freeze" on the part of a volunteer, according to the Chicago Tribune. The spokesman, Don Terry, had no further comment later Tuesday.

