I get the feeling that her marriage to Bill is now strictly for show and for a political advantage. I am wrong?
It's kinda complicated.
I mean, what I'm saying is based on rumor and speculation from people who work in the various campaigns and in the administration, but, there is a general impression of how their relationship works.
The two of them love each other; that goes without saying. She loves her husband; always has, and Bill Clinton loves his wife. Apparently you can tell just being around them, as they do enjoy one another's company.
They are pees in a pod in the sense that they're very much alike each other, but Hillary is by far the more cynical, more vindictive, and more aggressive of the two.
With respect to their marriage, I mean, they have what most might consider a somewhat open relationship, AFAIK. Or, at least they had, until the impeachment. Bill Clinton had always had his own women on the side, and Hillary had her own men on the side.
It was no secret on Capitol Hill that Bill Clinton was sleeping with other women and the rumors were there that Hillary was doing the same thing.
The thing is, lots of politicians behave this way; as do many American couples.
Monogamy is not a required component of marriage; and many people are in marriages wherein they know full well that the other spouse is sleeping with other people. Personally, I've never been able to think that way, but I know people who do and that's fine. The point is that Monica was no secret from Hillary. She was upset, not at her husband, but at the Republicans for exposing Bill Clinton for what they themselves were doing.
That is why so many people spent millions uncovering dirt on GOP leaders in the Senate and House which brought down Henry Hyde and Bill Livingston, among others.
But the Clinton's marriage is what it is. I wouldn't say it's a marriage of convenience, nor would I say that Hillary would have ever left Bill, or vice versa. I don't think, from what I've heard, that either of them has any contempt for the other.
It's just.. a very different kind of marriage.