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HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: If there are any little girls out there who stayed up late to watch, let me just say, I may become the first woman president, but one of you is next. Thank you all. I can't wait to join you in Philadelphia. Thank you!</s>CUOMO: Hillary Clinton responding to what is certainly historic. She is the first woman to be a major party's presidential nominee. Here to discuss what happened last night, what it means going forward, Democratic senator from Michigan, Debbie Stabenow. She has endorsed Hillary Clinton, which is a good thing, because she was just named as your nominee for the convention. It would be awful had you not.</s>SEN. DEBBIE STABENOW (D), MICHIGAN: It would have been, yes.</s>CUOMO: Now, before we get to what you liked about last night, let's address the baseline criticism. We're hearing lots of things -- there are things we are not hearing. ISIS, ISIS, ISIS, ISIS, the war on terror, where is it -- why haven't we heard more of that this convention year?</s>STABENOW: Well, this is a building process. You will hear about it. Tonight we're going to be talking about her leadership, which goes to secretary of state, which goes to what she has done as a senator and so on. And certainly she's going to talk about it. There's nobody more prepared to talk about it than Hillary Clinton.</s>CUOMO: Is it a reflection of the party's reticence or weakness when it comes to terror or ISIS?</s>STABENOW: No. Not at all. When you look at what has been done, from the fact that Osama bin Laden is no longer with us, thank you, President Obama, and Hillary Clinton and the team, to the fact that we are seeing land being taken back, the caliphate not being able to survive. We see other things happening around the world. But the truth of the matter is, we are very focused on keeping people safe. Hillary Clinton is very focused and prepared to keep us safe, as opposed to Donald Trump, who wants to walk away from NATO allies, and I don't think really understands or is capable -- he's really unfit to be commander in chief just because of his lack of knowledge.</s>CAMEROTA: So we'll hear specifics from her, you believe, going forward about how to fight ISIS. What we have heard so far are all these personal stories about how one on one, she connects with people. She has this personal touch. Why don't we see that more on television? Why does that story still, after so many years in public service, have to be told?</s>STABENOW: Well, first of all, I think -- and I can tell you as a woman coming to elected office, we have to be over-prepared to be allowed to be putting ourselves forward in leadership positions. And I think that Hillary, like all of us, like every woman in the United States Senate, and other women in business and other positions, needs to be the serious, prepared person if you're asking for a leadership position. And so she's putting forth her competency. She's putting forth what she can offer in terms of leadership. I also see her as somebody who, in public and private settings, has a great sense of humor, is incredibly warm. We heard from the mothers last night. We heard from the police officers, the 9/11 responders, and others about her incredible warmth and connectedness. And so this is kind of a media thing that's honestly gone on for years and years and years --</s>CAMEROTA: Well you hear it all the time.</s>CUOMO: You hear it all the time. It's because of what she does, though. This e-mail scandal wasn't made up, and you can talk about who she is, but you also have to talk about what she does. That's her biggest challenge. It's not that people don't like her personality, necessarily. It's like, they don't like what she's done, the trust factor.</s>STABENOW: I think people like a lot of what she's done. I think 8 million children being covered by health insurance today --</s>CUOMO: But how do you deal with the 68 percent, I don't trust her, number?</s>STABENOW: Well, that's what this campaign is all about. She's got to push back, as a woman who's put herself forward, to provide leadership over and over again for 25, 30 years, she has been knocked down by the opposition, by people who don't want change, people who don't want health insurance, people who didn't want to see the changes she's put forward. She's been fighting for working people her whole life. And the folks on the other side who want to keep things rigged for the privileged, they knock her down, the great news is, she gets back up. And every time they attack her on something, then we say, oops, well, that was false. Then they attack her on something else. Oh, that was false. Truth is, what I love about her is her grit and her fight and determination. She has never wavered in terms of her gut and core values about what needs to be done for children and families and for the country.</s>CAMEROTA: We saw Bill Clinton last night in a new role. It was sort of his first foray as second fiddle. How longg can that last? If she were to win, would Bill Clinton be comfortable being second fiddle in the White House?</s>STABENOW: You know, I think he relishes this new role. I think he relishes the opportunity to be creating history with Hillary. And there's no question that his admiration and love for her is incredibly strong. And he means it when he talks about how smart and prepared she is and how she's changed things for the better everywhere she goes. He's seen it up close. And that's something, I know, that he feels deeply.</s>CUOMO: Senator, appreciate you being on to make the case.</s>STABENOW: Absolutely.</s>CUOMO: Always a pleasure to have you on.</s>STABENOW: Thank you.</s>CAMEROTA: Great to see you. More than 20 years have passed since Ryan Moore, a health care advocate, met Hillary Clinton. Now, Moore is stepping up for her at the DNC. Why does he think that she'll do more for his cause than Donald Trump? He's going to join us next with that story.