As a superdelegate in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries , Feinstein had declared that she would support Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination . However , once Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee for the party , she fully backed his candidacy . Days after Obama amassed enough delegates to win the Democratic Party nomination , Feinstein lent her Washington , D.C. , home to both Clinton and Obama to have a private one-on-one meeting . Feinstein did not attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver because she had fallen and broken her ankle earlier in the month
2008 Democratic National Convention
2008 Democratic National Convention
Dianne Feinstein