In an interview with Diane Sawyer, Hillary Clinton did her best to portray her financial circumstances upon exiting the White House in dire terms, saying she and Bill left “not only dead broke but in debt.” The narrative really fell apart when Clinton mentioned their struggle to “piece together the resources” for their multiple “houses.”

Here's House #1, purchased for $1.7 million in Chappaqua, New York in 1999, just before Hillary ran for Senate:

And here's House #2, in Washington, D.C., for the bargain-basement price of $2.85 million in 2000, when they were really struggling:

According the Clinton—who as Sawyer points out has made $5 million in speaking fees in the last year and half, and over $100 million with her husband since 2000—things were super tough for her and Bill when the presidency came to an end:

Sawyer: It has been reported that you’ve made $5 million making speeches. The president's made more than $100 million dollars.”

Clinton: Well, you have no reason to remember, but we came out of the White House not only dead broke but in debt, out money when we got there,” adding that the debt-ridden couple “And we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for Chelsea’s education. You know, it was not easy. Bill has worked really hard...

Though according to her the couple “struggled,” they somehow managed to cover mortgages for multiple houses, something that required them to make “double the money” to cover taxes, pay off debts, “houses,” and the need to “take care of family members.”

Sawyer pushed back a little, highlighting Clinton’s $200,000 speaking fee, asking whether Americans would understand making “five times the median income in the country for one speech?”

But Clinton argued that the exorbitant speech circuit was a better route than "getting connected with any one group or company" like so many other politicians do:

Clinton: Well, let me put it this way, I thought making speeches for money was a much better thing than getting connected with any one group or company as so many people who leave public life do.

Perhaps feeling bad for the line of questions, Sawyer later reminded the viewers that Clinton also gives a lot of speeches for free.

H/T Free Beacon.