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From Alex Seitz-Wald
WASHINGTON – People close to Hillary Clinton downplay the statement that the former secretary of state is open to a possible bid for the presidency in 2020.
After CNN reported that Clinton had told friends that she was leaving the door open for a third visit to the White House, a source close to Clinton Monday projected some cold water on the idea, telling NBC News that this "sounds like favorable chatter on the part of not much more than that."
That's not not the first time that Clinton's aides and their allies are scratching their heads at the news that she is planning a political comeback.
The strongest rumors about a Clinton 2020 bid are at the rendezvous
For example, Mark Penn made the headlines in November by writing a column for the Wall Street Journal in which he argued that Clinton should be a candidate for the presidency. But
Penn was once one of the best strategists in Clinton's candidacy for the 2008 presidential election, but she was banned from her orbit many years ago after being accused in much of his loss. He was not invited back in his 2016 campaign.
More recently, Penn has since become the advocate of President Donald Trump as part of the ongoing investigation into Russia and the promoter some questionable criticisms made by Trump during the 2016 campaign in Clinton.
Conservative media such as Fox News, which continues to closely cover Clinton, have also given renewed speculation to 2020, with some Clinton allies seeing it as a villain too useful for anyone. they give up.
Clinton herself rejected the idea that she would run again. "No, I will not introduce myself again," she said more than a year ago, giving a version of an answer that she has repeated several times since.
And instead of visiting Iowa or New Hampshire, the ex-Democratic presidential. The candidate is currently in Puerto Rico with her husband, former president Bill Clinton, taking over a production of the musical "Hamilton" and supporting the efforts of their foundation after Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Yet, she recently acknowledged that she would still like to "be president" – though she answered that question by saying "No, no," she did not want to represent herself again.
