Biden reportedly felt that Hillary Clinton saw running for president as a 'burden'

As Vice President Joe Biden continues to toy with the question of whether or not to throw his hat into the 2016 ring, a former top adviser to Obama contends that there's probably one big question rolling around in the veep's mind: "'Why does she feel entitled to [run] and I can't?'" Although Biden and Hillary Clinton have always been friendly, they haven't exactly been friends, Politico reports, and now that the two may very well meet in a 2016 face-off, sources report that Biden's "undercurrent of resentment" for Hillary is starting to simmer.
While Biden reportedly "really likes [Clinton] personally," Politico reports that he has long "felt she viewed running for president as a 'burden.'" As Biden watches Clinton's stumbles on the campaign trail, the vice president's sense of resentment and "innate competitiveness" seem to have been stoked.
Read the full take on the Biden and Clinton's "frival" relationship over at Politico.
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