Her Seattle events are sold out—so pull whatever strings you can! Credit: Barbara Kinney

Her Seattle events are sold out—so pull whatever strings you can!

Her Seattle events are sold out—so pull whatever strings you can! Barbara Kinney

I had forgotten all about Matt Lauer’s nitpicky, sanctimonious interview of Hillary Clinton on the deck of an aircraft carrier for NBC’s “Commander in Chief Forum” in September 2016.

As Clinton recounts in What Happened (which she reads from at the Paramount on December 11 and signs at Elliott Bay Book Company on December 12), Lauer began by asking about the most important characteristic a commander in chief can have. Clinton talked about steadiness. During her answer, Lauer cut in and said, “You’re talking about judgment.”

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...