Even if her job was all about her connections and consisted of only providing coffee (and possibly other comforts) to the the real lawyers, it was still private sector.
So the answer to the question “did Hillary ever hold a job outside of government?” is “yes”. And that’s all I’m saying — I’m certainly not here to defend Hillary Clinton, I’m just pointing out a particular fact.
Well, if that is the criterion, Obama has worked in the private sector too — Baskin Robbins as a youth in Hawaii.