She tells me she is one of two sisters, but shuts down questions about "personal stuff", except when I ask her to describe her music, which she designates "my own genre – nouveau jazzy pop".
But Blears had been damaged by the disclosure that she had not paid capital gains tax on the sale of a flat which she had designated previously as her second home.
What is more, Mrs. Clinton's position in the polls has remained almost stagnant after a period in which her campaign has introduced four new television advertisements and orchestrated an elaborate convention in which she was designated to run for office.
What the official release of expenses reveals: The address on her second home claim is redacted, so impossible to find out which home she designated as her second.
When details of MPs' expense claims were leaked in 2009, Ms Blears was widely criticised for failing to pay capital gains tax on the sale of a flat which she had previously designated her second home - something which Mr Brown described at the time as "totally unacceptable".
Having an individual sign an agreement in which she or he is designated an "employee" or creating a "work for hire" is very persuasive, but not necessarily conclusive, evidence.
The investigation began with the disclosure that Mrs Miller designated cottages which she rented in her constituency of Basingstoke, Hants, as her main residence and claimed expenses on her London property where her parents also lived.
She ignored segregation to teach in Gelvandale, which was designated a "coloured" area.
Wendy Roberts, a mystery writer, said she attends many literary conferences, some of which are designated as fragrance-free.
The government holds the remaining two-thirds, worth some $300 billion, which are designated "nontradable".
