Clinton Gets More Aggressive

“In the last few days, Hillary Clinton has been, well, everywhere,” First Read notes.

Rick Klein: “Hillary Clinton is a week away from debating her Democratic opponents – a first for the campaign cycle, on several levels. It will, of course, be the first time she and the other Democrats running for president share a stage. It also figures to be the first time that Clinton clearly articulates a real disagreement with those other Democrats – just maybe. The last few days have seen Clinton grow more aggressive, outlining her gun-control plan and placing a TV ad attacking the Benghazi committee as pure politics. So yes, she disagrees with Republicans. More occasionally – as with Syria, and more recently immigration – she’s finding areas of disagreement with President Obama, who’s not running for anything anymore.”

“But – as Saturday Night Live pointed out politely – she remains slow in actually taking controversial positions, and she still doesn’t have a position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership the Obama administration worked to secure. For Democrats who sense a lack of passion in Clinton’s campaign – and those who see Bernie Sanders as a more clean break with the status quo – the question to be answered is when Clinton contrasts herself with what the people she’s directly running against would do as president.”