In her autobiography, "Living History", she tells the story of when she ordered stationery for use during her husband's 1992 Presidential campaign.  She had specifically ordered paper with "Hillary Rodham Clinton" at the top, but someone on the campaign staff changed the order to drop the "Rodham" from her name.

Refusing to bow to an attitude she described in her book as “political expedient”, the order was returned, and new stationery was ordered with "Hillary Rodham Clinton" at the top. 

“Living History”
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Scribner, 2004
p112
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Hillary Clinton's Excuses for Not Speaking Up to Suha Arafat's Inflammatory Remarks:

Story #5:  Asked one year later whether she would have responded differently with the benefit of hindsight, she responded: ''I wouldn't have gone -- that's the first thing,'' 

“Mrs. Clinton Says Attending a West Bank Ceremony
With Mrs. Arafat Was a Mistake”
New York Times
By Adam Nagourney
October 6, 2000
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Story #4:  ''Some of you may or may have not been to the Middle East, but a kiss is a handshake.''

“Mrs. Clinton Explains Kiss In Middle East”
New York Times
By Thomas J. Lueck
July 14, 2000
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Story #3:  Did not want to jeopardize peace talks underway 

“First Lady's New Campaign Worries”
New York Times
By Adam Nagourney
November 13, 1999
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Story #2:  She was listening to an on-the-spot English translation, and wanted to wait to read the official English transcript before commenting.

“First Lady's New Campaign Worries”
New York Times
By Adam Nagourney
November 13, 1999
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Hillary Clinton's Excuses for Not Speaking Up to Suha Arafat's Inflammatory Remarks:

Story #1:  the remarks were ''part of a very common pattern of complaints that have been heard for decades and were not worthy of any particular comment at that time.''

“A Day Later, Mrs. Clinton Rebukes
Arafat's Wife and Explains Herself”
New York Times
By Joel Greenberg
November 13, 1999
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First Lady Hillary Clinton, sitting on a podium in Ramallah, West Bank, listened to a speech by Suha Arafat, wife of PLO leader and Palestinian Authority President Arafat.  Suha Arafat's speech baselessly accused Israel of poisoning 80% of the water used by Palestinians, as well as using poison gas against Palestinians, which resulted in cancer and death among the Palestinian people.

Hillary Clinton was reported to have "nodded in approval" during these comments, and then issued a polite smile during the remainder of the speech. At the end of Suha Arafat's speech, Hillary Clinton hugged and kissed her, made no condemnation or counter-argument against Arafat's comments, and simply went on with her own prepared remarks.

Only hours later, after Hillary Clinton's lack of reaction to the speech created an uproar in both Israel and the United States, did she begin to issue a series of excuses.

“The press and Mrs. Clinton”
Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem
By David Bar-Illan
November 19, 1999
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