Former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she could beat President Donald Trump in 2020, the latest signal she might jump into the presidential race.
Clinton lost to Trump in 2016.
“So, maybe there does need to be a rematch. I mean, obviously, I can beat him again. But, just seriously, I don’t understand, I don’t think anybody understands what motivates him, other than personal grievance, other than seeking adulation.”
Clinton, 71, was responding to the assertion by Trump, 73, that his “one condition” for her entering the race would be that she “must explain all of her high crimes and misdemeanors including how & why she deleted 33,000 Emails AFTER getting ‘C’ Subpoena!”
The probe of Clinton’s use of a private server during her tenure as secretary of state was cited by some as the main reason she lost to Trump, as the investigation made headlines repeatedly during the 2016 campaign.
Rumors about Clinton entering the race at this relatively late stage have been flying about lately, prompted in part by an upcoming event at Clinton’s house in Washington hosted by the Democratic National Committee and the Women’s Leadership Forum.
The Oct. 16 event costs $15,000 to $50,000 for attendees.
Clinton has also dropped hints that she might run, responding directly to Trump’s statement on Twitter on Wednesday by saying: “Don’t tempt me.”
The frontrunners for the Democrats have been Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and former Vice President Joe Biden.
Sanders recently suffered a heart attack and Biden has been hammered by Trump for getting a prosecutor ousted in Ukraine in 2016 by threatening to withhold aid.
No other candidate has more than 10 percent support on average.
