The story she recalled is when she allegedly tried to join the Marines in 1975, and was rejected because of her age and for being a woman. Even by Maureen Dowd at the NY Times who pointed out that Hillary Clinton had worked on anti-war campaigns before allegedly trying to join the Marines. Susan Hutchinson, who actually was a woman Marine in the 1970s, also poked holes in the story; the U.S. military was having difficulty recruiting. The draft had ended and the U.S. was shifting to all-volunteer. The military began to recruit from nontraditional sources, and made it easier for women.