Leigh Vogel/WireImageAnother day, another grilling for Hillary Clinton about Benghazi.
President Barack Obama's former secretary of state and current Democratic presidential candidate had been in this position before, the deaths of four Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 having been brought up repeatedly on the other side of the aisle in Congress as being the fatal flaw in her record of service.
And as someone who's been there and done that, Hillary was ready to roll bright and early this morning in Washington, D.C., for what would be another full day of partisan bickering. (As in, it's still going on, hour 10...) Also as one might expect from someone who's heard all the arguments and taken the brunt of the crossfire, Hillary hasn't looked one bit fazed.
Bored, yes. Amused, yes. Exasperated, yes. Smug at times, yes. But fazed? Never!
In fact, she more often looked completely over it. And we know because CNN, et al. went for the dramatic split screen coverage, her reaction to everything that was said televised for cable news junkies and the Internet to see and re-see.
Here are nine times it became pretty obvious that Hillary Clinton isn't shaking in her sensible pumps:
1. Damn Straight: Here she is not-so-subtly enjoying Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings calling out special committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) for defending "multiple Republican admissions that the select committee has been wasting millions of taxpayer dollars to damage Secretary Clinton's bid for president."
2. The E-Word: Hillary literally gave the umpteenth mention of emails the brush-off.
3. He Seems to Be Doing Fine: So may as well get a little paperwork done...
4. Um, Yeah: Here she's pretty much smiling...
5. Yada-Yada-Yada: More of the same...
6. Now We're Getting to the Good Stuff: You do it, you make that Sidney Blumenthal transcript public! Heck, yeah!
7. Feelin' the Acupressure: The rubbing of the temples...
8. See You at the Inaugural Ball: Hillary confidently traded handshakes and almost-high-fives with supporters on her way out during a break in the proceedings.
9. I Didn't Know You Were Here!: It's always fun to find out your friend made it after the theater lights went down and was watching all along.
And here's a sampling of the Twitter reactions from people, including politically minded celebs like John Legend, who were closely following the proceedings and also sound quite ready to move on, to whichever corner they favor: