Hillary Clinton faced constant sexism in 2016 campaign, says ex-aide

Huma Abedin says candidate and her team would feel obliged to laugh off offensive remarks

When Hillary Clinton ran for the US presidency in 2016, she received sexist comments on a constant basis" and her team had no idea" how to deal with them, her former aide Huma Abedin has said.

Abedin, who worked closely with Clinton on her campaign, recalled that the former secretary of state was deluged with openly sexist remarks as well as unhelpful advice, or instructions to emulate male politicians.