Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan

TanzaniaLaw · 2015-04-15T03:58:24+00:00

Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign is all about "everyday Americans," she made clear in announcing it on Sunday. On Monday, she showed how unassuming she herself could be. Driving to Iowa for her first campaign swing, Mrs. Clinton's van - with two aides and Secret Service agents aboard - pulled into a Chipotle restaurant for lunch in Maumee, Ohio, a suburb of Toledo. And no one recognized her. Maybe it was the dark sunglasses. Or maybe she had a certain je ne sais - qui? But nobody took notice of the celebrity in front of the counter. Fellow patrons paid her no more attention than a driver would get from a toll taker. Nor did the restaurant's staff notice Mrs. Clinton, until this reporter, tipped off that she had dined there, telephoned. The Chipotle manager, Charles Wright, insisted at first that the tip must have been false. Continue reading the main story Related Coverage Less essential analysis: Hillary Clinton's Chipotle Order: Above AverageAPRIL 14, 2015 Was That Hillary Clinton Pumping Gas?APRIL 12, 2015 But he offered to review his security-camera recordings, and quickly reversed himself. There was Mrs. Clinton, in a bright pink shirt, ordering a chicken burrito bowl - and carrying her own tray. "The thing is, she has these dark sunglasses on," Mr. Wright said. "She just was another lady." Some people in the restaurant at the time had even noticed that a man was taking pictures of Mrs. Clinton, he recalled, but no one had wondered why. His employees, he said, were "kicking themselves right now." Mr. Wright, 29, said that he was a Republican and was not planning to support her, but that knowing he had missed a chance to meet her "really hurts." Mrs. Clinton's aides have kept the details of her trip fairly guarded, partly for security reasons. They did not advise reporters about it in advance, and discussed it briefly only after people spotted her at a gas station in Pennsylvania on Sunday, well after she had set out from New York. But a Monday meal stop in Ohio was mentioned on a conference call with Mrs. Clinton's top donors and advisers on Monday afternoon. The Chipotle videotape shows Mrs. Clinton standing with Huma Abedin, her longtime aide who is the vice chairwoman of the campaign, waiting for their order. And it was Mrs. Clinton who carried off their meals, while Ms. Abedin hung back. Mr. Wright said their order also included a Blackberry Izze drink, a soda and a chicken salad, and was filled just after 1 p.m. "That's awesome that she was in here," Mr. Wright said, adding that there's not much celebrity action that goes through Maumee. "We had Kevin Hart in here, we had a couple of sports players here and there, in little Maumee," Mr. Wright said, referring to the comedian. "We don't have too much going on." Source:nytimes

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Start date Apr 15, 2015

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