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Wall Street's Hillary Clinton: E-Mails Take a Different Tone Toward Financiers

A candidate running for president on a populist platform had some plutocratic pen pals.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton look on during the ringing of the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on September 9, 2011 in New York City. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton along with other New York leaders rang the opening bell at the NYSE ahead of the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks
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By Zachary R Mider

July 2, 2015 at 10:00 AM UTC

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Hillary Clinton tried to help one private-equity boss with a visa problem and encouraged another on a project in China. She apologized to the chairman of a big corporation for failing to commit to an event right away.

"So sorry I haven't responded before but I've been hip deep in the rollout of the Afghanistan strategy," Clinton wrote to Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of futures market operator CME Group and a supporter of her 2008 presidential campaign. "I hope you, your family, and the futures markets are all well!"