Elections may come and go, but the paid speeches will always be with us, as we were reminded during Clinton’s appearance at the Code Conference yesterday.

The Q&A session is part of a series of public appearances Clinton has made since Trump’s inauguration for the dual purposes of keeping her brand alive and exonerating herself of responsibility for her disastrous campaign and loss. But in last night’s talk, discussion turned to Clinton’s decision to give exorbitantly priced speeches for various Wall Street firms, including Goldman Sachs, which became a major issue during the Democratic campaign.

Yesterday at Code, Clinton trialled a brand new defense against critics of her speaking fees: they’re sexist.