She’s Baaaack…Is Hillary Clinton Gearing up for 2028 Run?
For nearly a decade, Hillary Clinton has been viewed as a political figure whose presidential ambitions ended with her 2016 loss to Donald Trump. Yet a series of high-profile appearances, policy speeches, media interviews, and increasingly pointed political commentary over the past several months have sparked renewed speculation that she may be quietly positioning herself for a return to the national political stage. While Clinton has publicly denied any intention to run in 2028, her recent actions have led some observers to wonder whether she is keeping her options open.
A Familiar Figure With Unfinished Business
Hillary Clinton remains one of the most recognizable figures in American politics. A former First Lady, U.S. senator from New York, Secretary of State, and Democratic presidential nominee, she has spent more than three decades at the center of national debates.
She sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 but lost to Barack Obama after a lengthy primary battle. Eight years later, she became the Democratic nominee, but lost to Donald Trump. Since then, she has remained active through public speaking, writing, foreign policy advocacy, and the Clinton Global Initiative.
If Clinton were to run in 2028, age would immediately become part of the discussion. She will be 81 years old during the 2028 election year. That would place her in roughly the same age range as Joe Biden during his 2024 reelection campaign. Donald Trump was 78 when elected in 2024 and began his second term at age 79. The age issue that dominated recent presidential elections would likely follow Clinton as well.
The Biden Criticism That Changed the Conversation
The strongest fuel for the current speculation came from Clinton’s recent comments about former President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign.
Speaking with New Yorker editor David Remnick, Clinton delivered what many observers viewed as her most direct criticism of Biden since his departure from office. She said Biden made “a terrible mistake” by seeking reelection in 2024 and argued that he should have stepped aside much earlier. According to Clinton, had Biden announced in 2023 that he would not run again, Democrats would have held a genuine nomination contest and ultimately produced a candidate capable of defeating Trump.
“He made a terrible mistake for himself, his legacy, and for the country,” Clinton said.
She went even further, arguing that virtually any major Democratic contender emerging from an open primary would have prevailed.
“Whoever emerged from that nomination fight, whether it was the vice president or a governor or a senator or anybody else, would have beaten Donald Trump,” she said.
Those comments drew widespread media attention because they represented a sharp break from her previous support for Biden’s reelection effort. They also placed Clinton squarely in the middle of the Democratic Party’s post-2024 blame game.
Reclaiming Key Democratic Issues
At the same time, Clinton has increasingly returned to the issues that defined much of her political career.
In February, speaking at Mumbai Climate Week, Clinton sharply criticized President Trump’s environmental policies and positioned herself as a leading voice on climate change. She described countries in the Global South as being on the “front lines” of climate change and urged governments, businesses, and activists to accelerate climate solutions.
She also used the appearance to advocate stronger regulation of artificial intelligence, warning that society should not wait years to discover unintended consequences. “Let’s try and shape [AI] rather than be shaped by it,” Clinton argued.
Women’s rights have likewise become a major focus. Earlier this year, Clinton authored an essay arguing that women’s rights and democratic governance are closely linked. The article framed gender equality as a central challenge in the broader struggle between democratic and authoritarian systems.
Taken together, these issues represent some of the Democratic Party’s most reliable coalition-building themes: climate change, democracy, women’s rights, and resistance to authoritarianism.
A Rising Public Profile
Another factor driving speculation is Clinton’s increasingly visible public schedule.
Over the last several months she has appeared in major interviews, participated in international conferences, weighed in on national political controversies, and repeatedly inserted herself into ongoing Democratic Party debates. Her comments about Biden dominated headlines. Her climate speeches attracted international coverage. Her writings on democracy and women’s rights circulated widely among Democratic activists and foreign policy circles.
She has also engaged in political fights involving Trump, including criticism of the White House UFC event and public disputes over the Epstein investigation. Whether one agrees with her positions or not, Clinton has clearly become more visible than she was just a few years ago.
Supporters of the theory that Clinton is considering another campaign point out that few Democrats possess her advantages. She has universal name recognition, a massive donor network, decades of campaign experience, deep relationships throughout the Democratic Party, and an existing political infrastructure that could be activated rapidly. If she chose to run, she would not need years to build a campaign organization from scratch.
Despite the speculation, there are significant reasons to doubt Clinton will enter the race.
Most notably, Clinton has directly denied plans to run. When asked earlier this year whether she was considering another presidential campaign, she answered simply: “No. No, I’m not.” She instead pointed to what she described as a strong Democratic bench that includes governors, senators, and other rising leaders.
There is also no public evidence that she is assembling campaign staff, building a political operation, or taking the concrete steps normally associated with a presidential bid. Most Democratic discussions about 2028 continue to focus on figures such as Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg, JB Pritzker, and others.
Still, speculation persists because Clinton occupies a unique place in Democratic politics. Few figures possess her fundraising capabilities, institutional support, policy experience, and ability to command media attention.
Whether the recent activity represents the opening moves of a stealth campaign or simply a veteran political figure defending her legacy remains uncertain. What is clear is that Hillary Clinton has become far more visible in recent months, and in politics, visibility often sparks questions about what comes next.
PB Editor: The Republicans would be smart to get ready all of the corruption and crimes charged to the Clinton family, and there is SOOOO much. But voters tend to forget, unless they are reminded.
That bitch is like a turd that won’t flush.
But people will forget what a turd she is, and they will need to be reminded
Joe, wow, surprised you have such a hate on. She is a lightning rod, got to wonder why she frosts your cake so much. And yet, you never could lay a glove on her. Just hounds baying at the moon.
The chance of her running is between slim and none. Kvetch on.
Dunger is sooooo happy that Killery skated on the aligations, guilty or not. I k. Dunger will squawk about proof. But the destruction of classified emails was destroyed by her and her colleagues. But that’s fine. God has a court date set for her that she won’t lie about. And the suicide count will be zero. But we all will be judged. But I will not be judged for doing anything wrong against my country
ReWard, I can see where a candidate might want a Hillary endorsement; I would pass on that just as i would not carry a large metal pole in a lightning storm.
JimDung: this fool thinks I’m happy Hillary remains free even though I never said that. He fantasizes a lot. Neither glad nor sad, I think Hillary’s time is done; let her sell a few books, give a few speeches, enjoy her family and retirement. He says she “skated on the allegations.” He claims she destroyed classified emails and thinks the FBI, DOJ, under Obama and Trump are wrong, corrupt, or both. Or maybe some cabal that existed for Trump and Obama. Aliens perhaps? Somehow, he thinks God will judge Hillary on the emails? And he thinks God judges on patriotism? Weird fellow that JimDung. Go with God, buddy.
i always wonder about destruction of emails, wish I could figure out how to get rid of them. Seems that email always has a copy in two or more locations, sender and receiver, and I’m hard pressed to understand how Hillary nuking hers kills the other side’s as well; not to mention everyone else in these “chains.” But hey, whatever.
Clinton kept emails in a private domain on home servers from 2009 to 2013, a no-no. The FBI found 110 emails covering 52 email chains with classified information markings. This included 8 chains with “Top Secret” markings, 36 chains with “Secret,” and 8 with “Confidential” markings. Previous to the FBI investigation, in 2014, Clinton’s legal team reviewed over 60,000 emails, returned about 30,000 work-related messages to the State Department, and deleted the remaining 33,000 deemed personal (e.g., family events, vacations). Turns out some work product was in the trashed. Guess like team Trump failing miserably at redactions, shit happens when you batch actions in short timeframes. Go figure.
The FBI concluded there was no intentional effort to hide work-related emails. Investigators were able to recover many of the deleted messages, finding thousands that were work-related.
The investigation factually determined that Clinton did not intentionally mishandle classified data. The FBI criticized her use of a private server as “extremely careless,” and the State Department retrospectively determined that some emails contained information that should have been classified at the time but was not and some classified that did not need it.
From 2017 through 2019, in Trump’s first term, the State Department conducted a subsequent three-year review. In October 2019, Trump’s State Department announced it had completed its investigation and issued security violations to 38 former and current individuals covering 91 communications, though it found no deliberate mishandling of classified information. Hillary was not issued any violations.
I am glad Jim feels he won’t be judged by God for wrongdoing against country. Not sure lack of patriotism is a sin, much less a mortal sin. And does God send unpatriotic communists to Hell? If Jim is judging Hillary’s patriotism based on his unfounded allegations on email, it’s his choice. The law says Jim is wrong. The FBI says he’s wrong. The State Department says he’s wrong. DOJ won’t take up his case. I wonder why such an idea comes to his mind? Hopefully God is not judging for false allegations, rumor dunging, or bearing false witness. Because Hillary does not seem guilty according to the Trump FBI, State Department, and DOJ and therefor Jim is bearing false witness. Believe that’s the ninth deadly sin old bean.
If you don’t understand, then you don’t remember what she has done
Joe, right back at you for Trump and :
Russiagate
EJ Carroll rape
EJ Carroll defamation
Business tax cheating
Trying to rig the 2016.
Trying to rig the 2020.
The documents case
The 1/6 case
and a few more and many to come.
Looks like you’ve been trumped in your bid.
Those are each and every one manufactured by the Democrats. And before you say “how can they all…” Remember there have been dozens of fake cases, these are the ones that got traction in the liberal media. This is a constant activity by the Democratic Party. In fact, if the Democrats get control of the House, I expect at least four impeachments from issues that have not even emerged from the idea factory at Dem headquarters.
Thanks for drinking the KookAid
And yours are all manufactured by Republicans. All fake allegations mass, yada, yada, yada.
You don’t believe the press, title don’t believe the justice system, you don’t believe juries of your peers. Dozens of fake cases from the DNC; dozens of fake allegations from the RNC.
Do you believe in Rino Protection for pools? Do you think cop beaters deserve pardons and cash? Mexico will pay for the wall? Donors will pay for a ballroom? That the MOU is superior to the JCPOA?
I think you don’t believe in the rule of law, the Constitution, nor the American way.
At least in this post you say you don’t. That’s about as cynical as you can get.
The Felon King was found guilty by a jury of peers, at least one Republican, probably more, based on the facts presented in evidence. Many of the facts were Trump-signed documents. He was allowed to defend himself. .
But the moon landing was fake.
Rather than running herself, she could be setting herself up as king maker (queen maker?). Her age and baggage should preclude her from running directly, but having an unopposed role in the selection process would be the next best thing.
DOliver — that’s a suck picture that you had to go waaaaaty out of your way to dredge up, zoom in for awful resolution, and display just to make her look as crappy as possible. You should be so proud to go so low.
Yes, shows our true love for Hillary
Well, guess your HDS is in high gear.
At least get some relevancy. Picking on 78-year old female Ex-politicians seems a pretty low character bar you set for yourself. .