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HILLARY Clinton has put to rest lingering speculation she might launch another White House bid – but vowed to remain active in politics, telling a New York television station “I’m not going anywhere”.
“I’m not running, but I’m going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe,” Ms Clinton said.
“I want to be sure people understand I’m going to keep speaking out. What’s at stake in our country, the kind of things happening right now are deeply troubling to me.”
Ms Clinton, a Democrat who lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump despite winning the popular vote, said she does not think she will run for any other elected office such as mayor or governor of New York.
She has said previously she did not plan to join the 2020 presidential field but hedged enough that speculation endured about a possible change of heart.
Asked at a live event in New York last October about a 2020 bid, Ms Clinton initially said “no” and then paused. When her hesitation was noted, she added: “Well, I’d like to be president.
“I think, hopefully, when we have a Democrat in the Oval Office in January of 2021, there’s going to be so much work to be done,” she added.
In January, former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said in a television interview he had no reason to believe the former senator from New York and former
secretary of state would run again for the White House.
“I take her at her word,” Mr Podesta said. “She’s not running for president. We’ve got a lot of great candidates right now, and I think the Democratic primary is going to be a spirited one with a lot of great ideas coming forward.”
So far, 14 other Democrats have launched bids. (© The Washington Post)