Hillary Clinton, the woman that wants to be treated like every man running for the job of president, placed all the blame for a controversial skit on the man she shared the stage with Saturday night.

"Well, look, it was Mayor de Blasio's skit," Clinton told Cosmopolitan magazine.  

Clinton was onstage with de Blasio and actor Leslie Odom Jr. of the hit musical Hamilton in a scripted attempt at humor. After de Blasio says he will endorse Mrs. Clinton, Clinton said, "I just have to say, thanks for the endorsement Bill, took you long enough."

"Sorry Hillary," de Blasio said, "I was running on C.P time." C.P. time is a reference to "colored people" time, a slur that black people are late.

"I don't like jokes like that," Odom said.

At that Clinton turned to Odom to explain it meant something different, "Cautious politician time," Clinton said.

While the entire skit was scripted and Clinton agreed to participate, she pushed any blame or criticism onto the mayor.

"He has addressed it, and I will really defer to him because it is something that he's already talked about," Clinton told Cosmo.

As the New York Times reported on Monday, left-wing media were outraged at the joke and skit even as deBlasio defended it.

New York magazine captured the exchange and asked “Does your wife, Chirlane, know about this joke?” referring to Mr. de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, who is African-American. Salon called the comedy skit “cringe worthy.” A headline in Gawker read “Hillary Clinton Tries to Prove She’s Not Racist with Awkward Joke About ‘Colored People Time.’”

Speaking on CNN on Monday evening, Mr. de Blasio said that the exchange was part of a scripted event and that all parties were in on the joke, with “cautious politician” being the intended punchline.

“I think people are missing the point here,” he said.  

The issue rises up as Hillary faces questions about her husband Bill's handling of a Black Lives Matters protester last week.

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