Hillary Clinton: 'I'm not running,' but 'I'm not going anywhere'

published 5 March 2019

The pool of potential 2020 Democrats is at least one candidate smaller.

In an interview airing Monday night, Hillary Clinton confirmed she won't come back for another showdown with President Trump in 2020. "I'm not running, but I'm going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe," the 2016 Democratic nominee told Long Island station News 12.

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While Clinton won't be on the Democratic ticket, she did affirm in the News 12 interview that she's "not going anywhere." "I want to be sure that people understand I'm going to keep speaking out," Clinton said, adding that she's worried about how "we've gotten into really opposing camps unlike anything I've ever seen in my adult life." When asked if she'd consider running for elected office again, Clinton said "I don't think so." Watch the whole interview here.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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