The only thing I'd change about my campaign? I'd win! Defiant Hillary defends her failed run for President saying she was subjected to 'unfair criticism' because she's a woman 

  • Hillary Clinton has returned to Wellesley College, where she studied in the 1960s
  • Asked by a sophomore how she'd have changed campaign she quipped: 'I'd win' 
  • Claimed she was the victim of sexist treatment during the election campaign 

By CHRIS SUMMERS FOR MAILONLINE

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Three months after losing to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton is still struggling to come to terms with her defeat but at least she can laugh about it now.

She was invited to her alma mater, Wellesley College, last night and when asked by a sophomore: 'What would you change about your campaign?' she quipped: 'I'd win.'

But she then went on to play the blame game, suggesting she only lost because she was a woman.

The event was clearly a bit of a love-in with the college's President, Paula Johnson (left) telling Clinton: 'Your resilience and stamina stand out'

The event was clearly a bit of a love-in with the college's President, Paula Johnson (left) telling Clinton: 'Your resilience and stamina stand out'

Asked about the difficulties of women running for office, she said: 'You know you're going to be subject to unfair and beside-the-point criticism.'

The topic of the night was 'Women's leadership and opportunities' and she was in conversation between Wellesley's President, Paula Johnson, a renowned cardiologist.

The event was behind closed doors with the press - demonized by President Trump as being pro-Clinton - banned. 

But details of what she said have leaked out on Twitter. 

Asked about passing legislation, she said in a less than veiled dig at Trump: 'Compromise is not a dirty word in a democracy.'

And at one point Ms Johnson told her: 'Your resilience and stamina stand out.'

Hillary Clinton is pictured looking shell-shocked, as her husband Bill applauds her concession speech in November

Hillary Clinton is pictured looking shell-shocked, as her husband Bill applauds her concession speech in November

Clinton said one of her favorite moments in the campaign was when Trump ironically accused her of preparing for a presidential debate, as if that was a crime.

She thanked the college's political science professor Alan Schechter for helping her in her early political journey and said of her time at Wellesley:  'It was such a consequential time in my life.'

She added, in a jokey reference to the White House: 'There's only one other place I'd rather be.'

Clinton, who graduated from Wellesley in 1969, will return again in May to speak at its commencement ceremony.

Wellesley is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, a small town near Boston, Massachusetts. 

Clinton (right) had a dig at Trump (left) last night, saying her favorite moment of the campaign was during one of the presidential debates when he accused her of having prepared for it

 

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