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Her “dead broke” comment will be forgotten. What’s more problematic are questions about her honesty. - It’s not the empathy, it’s the honesty. Hillary Clinton told Diane Sawyer that she and her husband were “dead broke” when they left the White House. The remark caused something between a flap and a stir. It might even have qualified as a ruckus. The Republican National Committee said it showed that Clinton was “out of touch” (the go-to charge in the age of the Great Recession and its aftermath). The next day, Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts asked whether Clinton had regrets about how she characterized her financial straits given that so many people are actually struggling. Clinton replied, “Let me just clarify that I fully appreciate how hard life is for so many Americans today. It’s an issue that I’ve worked hard on and cared about my entire adult life.”