Six years ago, when she first ran for president, Hillary Clinton set up a campaign office dedicated to “faith-based outreach.” But when its staff encouraged her to schedule public church appearances, she often declined.
“She would push back really hard on it. She just didn’t like it,” said Burns Strider, whose title on the campaign was senior adviser and director of faith and values outreach. Strider, sometimes more simply referred to as Clinton’s “faith adviser,” said the lifelong Methodist bristled at the thought of bringing a spectacle — the flash of cameras, the rush of campaign reporters — into a small-town church.
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