Hillary Clinton Says She Once Accidentally Left Daughter Chelsea at the Kremlin: 'Pretty Traumatic'

Mar. 15, 2025

As far as crazy family-vacation stories go,Hillary Clintonmay have many people beat.

On Tuesday, Hillary, 74, andChelsea Clintonappeared onThe Tonight Showfor amother-daughter question challenge.

HostJimmy Fallonasked the former secretary of state and former first daughter, 42, questions one at a time while the other wore noise-cancelling headphones to determine whether they’d each share the same answer.

After a revelation that"Moon River,“from the 1961 filmBreakfast at Tiffany’s, may be the only song Hillary knows how to sing, Chelsea donned noise-cancelling headphones and tuned out as Fallon, 47, asked Hillary for the Clinton family’s “craziest family vacation memory.”

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Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Jimmy Fallon.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images

Hillary’s recollection prompted surprised gasps and laughter from the audience — and Fallon, who leaned away from his desk and yelled, “Wow!”

“I mean, can you imagine — leaving my only child in the Kremlin?” Hillary toldThe Tonight Show’s audience. “Especially with everything that has happened?”

“That was a long answer,” Chelsea said as Fallon instructed her to take the headphones off and answer the question for herself.

After Chelsea appeared to prod the audience’s collective tone — she noted that the group appeared to share “a lot of shock” after hearing Hillary’s story — the former first daughter correctly guessed the answer, revealing she does remember being temporarily left behind.

Chelsea and Hillary Clinton.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

On Tuesday, Hillary also took to Twitter torefute resurfaced allegations about her email correspondencewhile she served as secretary of state in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013.

“I can’t believe we’restill talking about this, but my emails… " she tweeted. “As Trump’s problems continue to mount, the right is trying to make this about me again. There’s even a ‘Clinton Standard.’ The fact is that I had zero emails that were classified.”

In another tweet, the longtime politician said, “I’m moretired of talking about thisthan anyone, but here we are” — then directed her followers, or those who questioned her record, to read a story published Saturday inThe National Memowhich featured the headline “How Many of ‘Her Emails’ Were Classified? Actually, Zero.”

A lengthy FBI investigation ultimately determined that Hillary’s email server did not contain any classified information.

source: people.com