NEWS: Hillary Clinton leaves door open for 2020 run: 'I'd like to be president'
Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during an
event over the weekend left the door open to a possible 2020 run, saying
that even though she doesn't want to run, "I'd like to be president."
Clinton's comments come as speculation has increased over whether she will launch another bid after the midterm elections.
"Do you want to run again?" Recode's Kara Swisher asked during a Friday night Q&A with Clinton.
"No,"
Clinton replied quickly, sparking laughter from the audience. But when
Swisher pressed her further, she added: "I'd like to be president."
Clinton
went on to say that "there's going to be so much work to be done" after
a Democrat "hopefully" wins the next presidential election.
"The
work would be work that I feel very well prepared for having been in the
Senate for eight years, having been a diplomat in the State
Department," she said, listing off the qualifications that she often
touted during her previous run.
She added that she's not going to think about a possible run until after the upcoming midterm elections.
Clinton
and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, announced this month
that they will be embarking on a 13-city tour over the next year,
hosting discussions about current events and politics across the
country.
Clinton in September released a few afterward
for her campaign memoir, "What Happened," criticizing the Trump
administration's policies and expressing concern that the nation's
democracy is "in crisis."
She has stepped up her
presence in the national spotlight, appearing in media interviews with
greater frequency to criticize the GOP and President Trump.
Longtime
Clinton aide Philippe Reines in a Politico profile earlier this month
said there is a "not zero" chance that the former Secretary of State
will run against Trump.
"It's curious why Hillary Clinton's name
isn't in the mix-either conversationally or in formal polling-as a 2020
candidate," Reines told Politico. "She's younger than Donald Trump by a
year. She's younger than Joe Biden by four years. Is it that she's run
before? This would be Bernie Sanders's second time, and Biden's third
time. Is it lack of support? She had 65 million people vote for her."
When Politico asked if she's running, Reines said, "It's somewhere between highly unlikely and zero, but it's not zero."
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