Sen. Dianne Feinstein has some advice for women interested in politics: Don't get too big for your britches.
"Start locally," the Democrat said, warning, "don't think you can just jump into a federal race with no experience."
"If you want to run, run. For a school board, run for the city council. Get your portfolio of expertise. Do your apprenticeship," she continued. "One of the problems that we have, I think, are women that think they can automatically run for the top office without doing that apprenticeship. And some win, and most lose."
The exchange came during an hourlong town hall, focused mostly on national security and California's crippling drought Wednesday night at a Santa Monica hotel.