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Chelsea Clinton talks bullies, social media trolls and kindness in Boulder book promotion stop

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Paul Aiken, Daily Camera
Chelsea Clinton reacts to the crowd at she receives a standing ovation as she takes the stage Thursday. Clinton spoke and signed copies of her book, "Start Now! You Can Make a Difference" at Unity of Boulder Church.

When Chelsea Clinton was in elementary school, her father, Bill, was the governor of Arkansas, so a duo of bullies grabbed her and stuffed her inside a locker as an experiment or “mean-spirited curiosity” as she puts it.

“They wanted to see if the state police would come,” Clinton told a full house at Unity of Boulder Church on Thursday evening.

Clinton, 38, was in Boulder to promote her latest children’s book, “Start Now! You Can Make a Difference,” which offers insights into the environment, health and, yes, bullying.

Clinton said the state police never arrived that day, and she tapped on the inside of the locker until a teacher came and let her out.

“I didn’t tell my second-grade teacher that they put me in the locker,” Clinton said. “I was ashamed that I had let it happen. Of course I didn’t let it happen. There were more of them and they were stronger.”

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