Politics | Hillary Clinton Clinton Lends Campaign $1M as Debts Mount Reticent donors make mountain of liabilities difficult to pay off By Jason Farago Posted Jul 21, 2008 6:07 AM CDT Copied Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, is joined onstage by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., during a campaign stop in New York, Thursday, July 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Hillary Clinton lent her suspended presidential campaign an additional $1 million at the end of last month, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. The newest self-loan—the New York senator has now lent herself $13.2 million—underscores how much difficulty she is facing in retiring her mountain of debt. A Clinton spokesman told the New York Times that the new loan was to "pay immediately outstanding debts." Although Barack Obama cut Clinton a $2,300 check as a symbolic gesture, his supporters have been reluctant to help his former opponent pay off her liabilities; in June, the Clinton campaign spent $5.4 million but took in only $2.7 million. Other filings with the FEC show that John McCain's campaign has sharply increased spending—he spent $26 million in June, more than double what he spent in May. Read These Next Ukraine claims world's longest sniper kill. JD Vance is Gavin Newsom's latest online target. Miss Universe contestant dies in freak accident months after wedding. In one day, tragedy for two Carnival Cruise guests. Report an error