Hillary Clinton phoned in to CNN to talk to Jake Tapper on Tuesday and said that she would hold another press conference at some point, without specifying when exactly that would be.
Tapper first asked Clinton for her reaction to Donald Trump's press conference earlier that day, where Trump got testy with the media.
"Historically speaking, throughout your decades in public life, you and your husband have had occasionally contentious relationships with journalists, though it certainly never went as far publicly as it did today with Donald Trump calling journalists ‘sleazy’ and ‘dishonest’ and ‘unfair.’ So, what went through your mind watching his press conference today?" Tapper asked.
"Well, I have to say, Jake, I had my team check. I have done nearly 300 interviews just in 2016 and I believe that it's important to continue to, you know, speak to the press as I'm doing right now and to understand that his attacking everybody—fellow Republicans, Democrats, I mean, the press, you just name it, he attacks everybody—is a recipe for gridlock in Washington and that's what we've got to break and get away with," Clinton said.
"You know, he seems to believe or at least is demonstrating, that insulting and attacks is his mode of operations and, you know, I just don't think that's going to cut it if you want to actually produce results for the American people and not only lead at home, but lead the world," Clinton
Tapper brought up the fact that, while Clinton has held numerous one-on-one interviews with handpicked journalists, she has held very few press conferences. One-on-one interviews tend to be easier on candidates than press conferences with a large press pool.
Clinton's last press conference was in December 2015.
"You do do interviews and you're calling in right now, obviously—and we appreciate that—, but it has been pointed out to me that it's been something like five or six months since you've held an actual press conference. Is that something you're going to remedy soon?" Tapper asked.
"I'm sure we will. Look, I was shocked myself that I've done nearly 300 interviews, and they're not even sure they've captured all the ones that I've done," Clinton said. "But I believe that we do and we should answer questions. Of course, I'm going to and many, many different kinds of settings."