Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is interviewed on stage last week at a joint meeting of the Food Marketing Institute and United Fresh Produce Association. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)


Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech to the Food Marketing Institute and the United Fresh Produce Association joint session in Chicago last week lacked vision and could signal she will experience the same problems in a 2016 presidential campaign that she experienced in 2008, Jerry Hagstrom writes in his National Journal column today.

▪ National Journal — Hillary Clinton’s Speech to Food Industry Lacks Fresh Vision for Future


Food marketers and fruit and vegetable executives line up to buy Hillary Rodham Clinton’s new book “Hard Choices,” all autographed. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)

Wonderful Brands, which sponsored the Clinton keynote speech at the United Fresh/FMI conference, offers its products at a reception before the speech. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)