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Hillary Clinton says she won't run for president in 2020, but vows she's "not going anywhere." Clinton ruled out another campaign during an interview posted Monday by TV station News 12 Westchester. However, she said she'll keep speaking out. (March 5) AP

WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton definitively declared on Monday "I'm not running" in the 2020 presidential election, again throwing cold water on the still smoldering rumors that she might go for a 2016 rematch against President Donald Trump.

"I'm not running, but I'm going to keep working and speaking and standing up for what I believe," she said in an interview withNews 12, a regional cable newsnetwork in New York."I'm not going anywhere."

Clinton has been an outspoken critic of her 2016 opponent and his administration's policies since her defeat. On Twitter and in public appearances, she has spoken out on issues ranging from migrant children separated from their families by immigration officials, to gun control and voter suppression.

"What's at stake in our country, the kinds of things that are happening right now aredeeply troubling to me," she told News 12. "We've gotten, not just polarized, we've gotten really into opposing camps, unlike anything that I have seen in my adult life."

It was not the first time Clinton has said she wasn't running, but despite her protestations, rumors that she was considering a runpersisted. Former Clinton adviser Mark Penn wrote an op-ed in November for The Wall Street Journal predicting she wouldmake another run.

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At the end of January, CNN's Jeff Zeleny reported that "Clinton is telling people that she's not closing the doors to the idea of running in 2020."

Clinton herself fueled some of the speculation when she conceded, "I'd like to be president," even as she denied wanting to run again in an interview ahead of the midterm elections.

The sense that she might want another shot at Trump has also been kept alive in part by Clinton's comments expressing frustration at the 2016 result and the sense that she was robbed of victory. Since the election, Clinton hasblamed her loss on former FBI Director James Comey, Russian President Vladimir Putin, the news media, sexismand Sen. Bernie Sanders among other factors.

But former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said to "take her at her word" when she says she is not running, in response to Zeleny's report.

"I think she would have been a great presidentbut that's in the past, and she said she's not running," Podesta told CNN in January.

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Hillary and Bill Clinton reportedly have little confidence Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont could successfully take on President Donald Trump in 2020.

Tensionbetween the Clintons and Sanders persists fromthe 2016 primary campaign, with the Clintons privately blaming the senator for damaging former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and expressing their belief that Sanders cannot beat Trump in the presidential election, according to an Associated Press report.

I think that at some point bygones can be bygones, but what you cant get around is the electability question, David Brock, a longtime Clinton ally, told the AP.

The tension appears to flow both ways. While the Clintons have privately offered political advice to several 2020 Democratic candidates, Sanders has said publicly hes not interested.

I suspect not, Sanders said on ABCs The View when asked if he would meet with Hillary Clinton. She has not called me. We have differences. Hillary has played a very important role in modern American politics.

Asked if he would seek any advice from his former opponent, the presidential candidate said, I think not. I think every Democrat is going to come together.

In recent months, the Clintons have met with a host of primary candidates, some of whom have yet to officially declare a run. Those current candidates include Senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, as well as former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper.That's in addition to potential candidates, like Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and former Vice President Joe Biden, according to Axios, CNN and The New York Times.

A longtime Clinton confidant told Axios in January that Hillary Clinton "doesnt know whos best able to beat [Trump], but she knows about grueling nomination fights."

Adding to the reported tension,a former Sanders campaign staffer from 2016 blasted Hillary Clinton and her teamlast week as "total ingrates"and "some of the biggest assholes in American politics" over a Politico reportthat said Sanders repeatedly requested the use of a private jet from Hillary Clinton's campaign when acting as a surrogatein the final months leading up to the 2016 election.

You can see why shes one of the most disliked politicians in America. Shes not nice. Her people are not nice, Michael Briggs, the 2016 Sanders campaign spokesman, told Politico.[Sanders] busted his tail to fly all over the country to talk about why it made sense to elect Hillary Clinton, and the thanks that [we] get is this kind of petty, stupid sniping a couple years after the fact.

Interacting with each other briefly in Selma, Alabama, this weekend at the 54th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the two continued to show signs of resentment. Sanders reportedly received a brief handshake from Hillary Clinton, while others, such as Booker, received a more welcoming hug, according to those at the event.

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I cant imagine that, no,the former secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee said Monday on Tina Brown'spodcast "TBD" when asked whether she could change her mind about running in 2020.

I am very worried about the direction that Trump and his allies are taking us, she added. Just because Im not running, Im not going to keep my mouth shut. Im going to keep speaking out.

Clintondiscussed the challenges forwomen running for president in 2020, such as Sens. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenAdvocacy group calls for meeting with Harris over decriminalizing sex work Budowsky: Is Russia attacking 2020 Dems? Harris fundraises off Cohen testimony MORE (D-Mass.), Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisAdvocacy group calls for meeting with Harris over decriminalizing sex work Budowsky: Is Russia attacking 2020 Dems? Harris fundraises off Cohen testimony MORE (D-Calif.), Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth GillibrandSenate confirms Trump's nominee for key IRS role Annual scorecard ranks GOP environmental efforts far below Dems in 2018 Woman to undecided Biden: 'Just say yes' to 2020 bid MORE (D-N.Y.) and Amy KlobucharAmy Jean KlobucharLawmakers slam tech industry reps at privacy hearing Indiana GOP governor admits he smoked marijuana in college Senate confirms Trump's nominee for key IRS role MORE (D-Minn.).

How does a woman stand up for herself on the biggest stage in the world without ... looking aggressive, maybe a little bit angry, that somebody is behaving like that, being willing to go toe-to-toe when there are so few memories embedded in our collective DNA where women do that? Clinton said of presidential debates.

So yes, I'm willing to stand up for what I believe in ... but that is still kind of scary for some people. So how do you get on this kind of Goldilocks path where you're not too strong and you're not too weak, you're not too aggressive and you're not too passive? This is still a problem for women on the public stage.

Clinton has signaled before that she would not launch a third White House bid after running in 2008 and 2016, though CNN White House correspondent Jeff Zeleny reported last month that Clinton had not ruled out making another White House bid in 2020.

Late last month on CNN,former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta tamped down on speculation that she would pursue another presidential bid, calling the idea "media catnip" and emphasizing that Clinton "is not running."

In her interview on Monday, Clinton also criticized Trump while discussinghis summit this week with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam, predicting that the U.S. would not leave discussions with an enforceable denuclearization deal.

I've had so many guys who did business with [Trump] in real estate say,you know, he'd have a $15 million profit from a real estate deal which he would call $150 million and then he would call everybody and beg them not to contradict the press because he was going to tell them it was $150 million not $15 million, Clinton said.

So if he can put lipstick on a pig and he can say OK this is what we're going to do with North Korea, and he keeps saying it over and over again and Fox News says it over and over again and other outlets say it over and over again.

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Prior to her call for new Democratic candidates for the upcoming elections in the state of Virginia to stand forward, Hillary Clinton also urged state Governor Ralph Northam to resign over his racist yearbook photo controversy a move which led some to brand the former first lady a hypocrite.

Despite this years elections inVirginia being scheduled totake place only inNovember, former Democratic presidential hopeful and ex-first lady ofthe United States Hillary Clinton urged her supporters toprepare forthe electoral process.

There are 1,600 offices onthe ballot inVirginia's state elections this fall, Hillary tweeted, asking people tohelp recruit great Democratic candidates viaRun forSomething, a US political organisation dedicated torecruiting and supporting young candidates running fordown-ballot office.

Her call, however, quickly evoked a barrage ofnegative responses online, withpeople criticising both her and the Democratic Party ingeneral.

Some were also quick toremind her aboutthe recent scandal involving current Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and a racist photo fromhis medical yearbook.

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Earlier, Hillary was also branded a hypocrite onsocial media aftershe urged Northam toresign, withpeople recalling her support ofNorthams election campaign and her relationship withRobert Byrd, a former high-ranking member ofthe Klan.

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Talk of whether or not the U.S. is prepared to elect women leaders "takes me back," 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told an audience in New York on Monday, praising the resolve of that state's female elected officials for getting legislation passed to protect women's reproductive rights.

The former secretary of state's comment comes amid fresh discussion of the prospect of a female president after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) took initial steps last week to begin running for president in 2020. Warren is the highest-profile Democrat to date to announce 2020 plans, and although her political views lie to left of Clinton's, the two have long been the subject of comparison.

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"Theres been a lot of talk recently about whether our country is ready for women leaders. Now that really takes me back," Clinton said, eliciting laughter from the audience.

"But today I want to thank all of you for your persistence," Clinton said of several women officials at the event. "I know many of you and can attest as to how smart, determined, effective and, dare I say, likable you all are."

Warren's entrance into the 2020 field has sparked not only fresh discussions regarding how she is perceived by voters but also talk of the extent to which female candidates are held to a different standard of likability than men. The U.S. has never elected a woman president or vice president and Clinton's 2016 bid made her the first ever female presidential candidate for a major political party.

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MSNBC host Kasie Hunt called out questions over Warren's likability, arguing male candidates did not receive similar scrutiny during past presidential campaigns.

"Did anyone ever ask, oh say, Bernie Sanders that question in 2016?" she said on her Sunday night show.

Clinton delivered her remarks at an event at Barnard College to announce Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda to codify Roe v. Wade protections into New York state law. Cuomo, a Democrat whose name has also been floated as a potential 2020 candidate, is pushing to have his Reproductive Health Care Act pass New York's state legislature within the chamber's first 30 days.

During her address, Clinton praised New York for leading the way in women's rights, naming and congratulating several female state officials, including Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.

"When it comes to getting all of this done," Clinton said of the governor's initiative, "I believe the vision of the people and groups here today, the commitment of public servants in the Legislature and the courage of candidates who ran on these issues, coupled with the determination of Gov. Cuomo, will prove to be an unstoppable combination."

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