Summary: It’s now been more than 270 days since Hillary Clinton has held a press conference and the pressure on her to hold her first this election year is intensifying. “This Golden State’s” Randy Shandobil interviews Mark Barabak, who covers presidential politics for the Los Angeles Times and Carla Marinucci, who writes Politico’s California Playbook. Why are countless interviews with local television reporters enticing to Clinton while press conferences seem to spook her? Will it cost her? The 2016 press conference tally so far: Trump 17, Clinton zero.
