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The 69-year-old former Presidential candidate told an Irish women’s group that she had a “hard time watching the news” during her St Patrick’s day speech. She told the Society of Irish women yesterday: “What can we do to try to bring people together and to try to find that common ground, even higher ground, sister, so that we listen to each other again and we know that we can make a difference?

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“I’m not sure it will come out of Washington yet, but I think it can come out of Scranton. Let’s find ways to do that.” Ms Clinton referred to “the woods” as she was spotted taking a walk in the woods around her hometown of Chappaqua, New York two days after losing the election to Donald Trump.

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The former First Lady went on to urge the “divided country” to work together to solve problems, recalling how, as first lady, she met with female leaders working to bring peace to Northern Ireland. Ms Clinton added: “I am ready to come out of the woods and to help shine a light on what is already happening around kitchen tables, at dinners like this, to help draw strength that will enable everybody to keep going.”

Friday night’s speech is one of several she is set to deliver in the coming months, including a commencement address at her alma mater, Wellesley College in Massachusetts. The Democrat also is working on a book of personal essays that will include some reflections on her loss to Donald Trump.

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