"Our eyes connected and I just remember having this moment where I thought, 'Wow, this is amazing,' " Huma Abedin says of meeting Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton's Top Aide Huma Abedin Describes the 'Amazing' Moment They First Met: I Thought, 'Oh My God, She's So Beautiful'

Huma Abedin knew the moment she first met Hillary Clinton that they shared a special connection.

In a new interview Friday with the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Clinton’s longtime aide raves about the former secretary of state as she recounts their meeting: “You know these things that happen in your life that just stick? She walked by and she shook my hand and our eyes connected and I just remember having this moment where I thought, ‘Wow, this is amazing.’ ”

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“And it just inspired me. You know, I still remember the look on her face. And it’s funny, and she would probably be so annoyed that I say this, but I remember thinking; ‘Oh my God, she’s so beautiful and she’s so little!’ ”

Clinton’s right-hand woman recalls meeting the Democratic presidential front-runner briefly just once before this, as she took a group photo with the new White House interns.

Abedin also said it was “terrifying” that email exchanges between herself and Clinton have been released as part of a State Department investigation into her boss’ use of a private email server.

“It’s something I can’t really think about, but I can’t even imagine what’s in those emails,” Abedin said. “But I’m sure I would probably be mortified. I have no idea. I haven’t read any of them.”

“I have a policy,” she added. “I never read anything about myself. I could count on one hand how many actual interviews I’ve done. I’ll never read them. I just don’t want to know. If it’s about me personally, I honestly just ignore it.”