What does Hillary stand for? Hillary Clinton in 2016

On April 4, The Economist published an article named “What does Hillary stand for? Hillary Clinton in 2016”.

Mrs Clinton has had her eye on the top job—president for a long time. In 2008, She nearly won it in 2008 and is in many ways a stronger candidate now. The game is rigged by big money. She has built a vast campaign machine, of course, with her husband, the former president. The moment Mrs Clinton turns the key, it will begin openly to suck up contributions, spit out sound bites and roll over her rivals. There is a bitter irony.

What we most care about is : what does Hillary stand for? After all, it is a big news this week and this article is at least the cover story.

According to her supporters, she flew nearly a million miles and visited 112 countries. If a foreign crisis occurs on her watch, she will already have been there, read the briefing book and had tea with the local power brokers. No other candidate of either party can boast as much. From this case, we know that she has lots of political capital on the surface at least.

She also understands Washington, DC, as well as anyone. Mrs Clinton made a habit of listening to, and working with, senators on both sides of the aisle, leading some Republicans publicly to regret having disliked her in the past. On foreign policy, she says she is neither a realist nor an idealist but an "idealistic realist". Charles Schumer, her former Senate colleague from New York, called her "the most opaque person you'll ever meet in your life". On foreign policy, Mrs Clinton's pitch is that she would be tougher than Mr Obama. Many foreigners would welcome an American commander-in-chief who is genuinely engaged with the world outside America.

Sceptics raise two further worries about Mrs Clinton. She used a private server for her e-mails as secretary of state, released only the ones she deemed relevant and then deleted the rest. Some people think she is untrustworthy. The other worry, as Gary Hart said, "We should not be down to two families who are qualified to govern."

Will Hillary Clinton win in 2016? This article provides us with too much information about disadvantages about her, although it looks like appreciating Mrs Clinton in some degree. Firstly, as we all know, she has spent years in politics so she make acquaintances with many politicians. But this will let people concentrate on family political instead of the first female president. Obama is America's first black president and the news cheered many people up in the past, but it means nothing. Pr stunt about the first female president may let people be repulsive.

Secondly, she does not have clear repulsive. As put above, Mrs Clinton is close to Wall Street, but she is also a power-hungry statist. Giving both sides a stake in change is a good strategy to be a politicians, but to be voted as a president, it means you offend both parties. It has a negative effect on some voters, especially them who are in swing states. They will be puzzled and do not support you.

Thirdly, sometimes something is a trend. To a certain extent, maybe she is too old to be a president, just younger than Reagan. As a democratic president, what Mr Obama does is  unimpressive. Many foreigners would welcome an American commander-in-chief who is genuinely engaged with the world outside American, but not American people.

There are too much unpredictable venture during her way to be president. What happens after that remains to be seen .