At a time when Democrats are driven by their desire to defeat Donald John Trump, the 45th and current president of the United States, Mrs. Clinton knows the strengths and weaknesses of the crowded primary field more intimately than perhaps anyone. Over the past quarter-century or so, Hillary Clinton has served as a mentor, colleague, supporter or rival to nearly every Democrat running or considering a run. She vetted at least five of the current or possible 2020 candidates as her running mate in 2016, going so far as to print signs for one of them, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. And her campaign alumni pepper the upper reaches of numerous 2020 campaigns.Hillary Clinton has been meeting with 2020 candidates and telling them one thing: They can count on her to help get the 65 million-plus Americans who voted for her to vote for the Democrat nominee.Not everything is as it seems, even as she offers supportive words, Mrs. Clinton has given the impression time and time again that she harbors a strong desire she could still become president. In private conversations, she muses about a realistic opening to a 2020 run for President.Mainstream Media claim there has been no actual signs that Mrs. Clinton is pursuing a campaign and her former campaign chairman, John Podesta, has flatly said she is not running. Clinton's own remarks from last fall where she twice said “no” about wanting to run again before adding, “Well, I’d like to be president", paint a different picture.The Hillary Clinton PedigreeEight years as first lady, eight years as New York senator, four years as secretary of state and five months as the party’s presidential nominee, Mrs. Clinton remains a singular and complicated figure when it comes to Democratic presidential politics. In a 2020 race featuring a historic number of female candidates, Mrs. Clinton’s shadow is inescapable, particularly as she is a favorite target of President Trump.“Let’s elect Hillary and undo 2016” argument will win over 30 to 40 percent in a Democratic primary, while the rest of the crowd beats each other up while fighting among themselves for the remainder. In other words, Hillary Clinton could use a version of the Trump 2016 strategy in the Democratic primary — enjoy total name recognition, dominate the media spotlight and the debates, and just power through the rest of the field by attrition.Hillary Clinton and WomanMrs. Clinton is, at once, a glass-ceiling-shattering symbol of women’s empowerment and an emblem of the past. She is both the first woman to lead a major party ticket and the candidate who lost the Electoral College in a defeat that left Democrats stunned and demoralized. She is a party elder but also a politician who will not be nudged out of the arena, here comes a 2020 run. She possesses a loyal and powerful constituency of female supporters even as she is the farthest, she has been from center stage in American politics in almost three decades.The Hillary Clinton 2020 StrategyAt a time when Democrats are driven by their desire to defeat Mr. Trump, Mrs. Clinton knows the strengths and weaknesses of the crowded primary field more intimately than perhaps anyone. Over the past quarter-century or so, she has served as a mentor, colleague, supporter or rival to nearly every Democrat running or considering a run. She vetted at least five of the current or possible 2020 candidates as her running mate in 2016, going so far as to print signs for one of them, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. And her campaign alumni pepper the upper reaches of numerous 2020 campaigns.In recent months, a parade of ambitious Democrats has held private sessions with Mrs. Clinton, who has counseled them about the unmatched rigors of the campaign trail and hardships of facing Mr. Trump, according to people familiar with the conversations. Beyond Mr. Biden and Ms. Klobuchar, she has spoken with Senator Kamala Harris of California; Mr. Booker; Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts; John Hickenlooper, the former governor of Colorado; and the former housing secretary Julián Castro, among others. She and Mr. McAuliffe speak regularly. Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana is trying to schedule a meeting with her.“She knows almost everybody who’s running, and with most of the people she has a close relationship,” said Mr. Hickenlooper, who interviewed to be Mrs. Clinton’s running mate in 2016 and had dinner with her last year, as he prepared for a possible presidential bid. “You talk about divided affections. She’s got it.”Not everyone has sought Mrs. Clinton’s advice. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, whose 2016 primary challenge ruptured their relationship after the DNC chose to kick Bernie to the curb in favor of Mrs. Clinton, has not spoken with Mrs. Clinton, or even reached out, despite the imperative to make inroads into her coalition. Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman considering a run, has not spoken with Mrs. Clinton either.A notable name not to consult Mrs. Clinton is Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, whose once close relationship with the Clinton's deteriorated after she said President Bill Clinton should have resigned over his sexual relationship with a White House intern.Wall Street and Hillary ClintonMrs. Clinton’s deep connections have complicated the political calculations for candidates at a time when her party is acutely aware of not repeating what some Democrats see as her mistakes. And while several candidates and their advisers said they would welcome her endorsement, they acknowledge it could come with political risk, as Mrs. Clinton remains a representation of the party’s old guard.“Hillary Clinton is a leading expert in any one of a dozen issues, from politics to policy, and it would be crazy not to try to extract as much of that knowledge as you can in any amount of time you can get from her,” said Matt McKenna, a former Clinton family adviser.It’s never entirely clear what Clinton really believes on any subject. But, in the case of Wall Street, she is completely accurate. “It’s important to recognize the vital role that the financial markets play in our economy, and that so many of you are contributing to,” she continued at a Deutsche Bank event. “To function effectively, those markets and the men and women who shape them have to command trust and confidence, because we all rely on the market’s transparency and integrity. So even if it may not be 100 percent true, if the perception is that somehow the game is rigged, that should be a problem for all of us, and we have to be willing to make that absolutely clear. And if there are issues, if there’s wrongdoing, people have to be held accountable and we have to try to deter future bad behavior, because the public trust is at the core of both a free-market economy and a democracy.”In other words, Wall Street knows Hillary Clinton and they know her political talk is all hot air to pander to the voters. She will absolutely support Wall Street all the way to her bank account. You will not hear Wall Street Democratic donors warn the DNC: "We’ll sit out, or back Trump, if you nominate Hillary Clinton" like they did with Elizabeth Warren.Hillary Clinton - Madam President - Path to victoryThere are two paths to victory for Hillary Clinton: One support a progressive Democrat candidate as a running mate, becoming Vice-President, she can then use the new whistleblower act to impeach the victor and claim her rightful place a president, or she can simply enter the race and run for president in 2020 - Onward Together, Let’s elect Hillary and undo 2016.It is strongly believed that Hillary Clinton will announce her run for president in the First week of September 2020 and that she will later pick the progressive Elizabeth Warren as her running mate, by doing so, Hillary offers Wall Street a solid "I have your back" solution in that they do not need to worry about Warren.An all-Female Ticket will garner the support of the feminists, gay Hollywood and liberal woman. Progressive Warren brings all the radical Socialists to the party and gives Hillary the chance of shattering the glass ceiling.We can look forward to hearing how Donald Trump has failed on every front, after all he failed to find any evidence to support the Hillary email scandal, she has not been locked up. The "Witch Hunt" was an elaborate political lie, Brennan, Clapper and Comey are still Tweeting insults at Trump.

The Beginning - CBS Sunday Morning, Hillary ClintonIn the interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Clinton said the things that happened during 2016 campaign that will not happen again, implying that she has cleared the path to run again.“Look, there were many funny things that happened in my election that will not happen again,” Clinton said. “And I’m hoping that both the public and press understand the way Trump plays the game.”Clinton went on to call President Donald Trump a “illegitimate president” and accusing him of winning by using voter purging and suppression.“I believe he understands that the many varying tactics they used – from voter suppression and voter purging to hacking to the false stories – he knows that there were just a bunch of different reasons why the election turned out like it did.”Clinton has a full slate of media appearances scheduled for this week.

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