First Lady Finds Sweet Way to Win Over Young Italians
ROME — Hillary Rodham Clinton charmed Italians on Thursday, handing out candy to Roman children like the American troops who liberated the city 50 years ago and chatting with Sophia Loren over a glass of wine.
The First Lady greeted a group of schoolchildren waving their arms and screaming out her name in the central Piazza Navona.
They cheered even louder when she began giving out chocolate candies--whose box bore the American flag and husband Bill Clinton’s signature.
“I was so excited when she gave me the chocolates,” said Alessandro, a student at a local state school. “She told me her husband ate them too.”
During a lunch at the U.S. ambassador’s residence, Mrs. Clinton greeted a handful of the country’s most prominent women, including actress Loren and Nobel Prize-winning scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini.
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