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Senior Democrats are increasingly worried that Hillary Rodham Clinton is not ready to run for president, fearing that the clumsy and insular handling of the nine-day fracas over her private e-mails was a warning sign about the campaign expected to launch next month.

Few Democrats believe that the revelations about her unorthodox e-mail practices as secretary of state are a substantive issue that would damage Clinton with voters, and many said she performed adequately in a Tuesday news conference defending herself.

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But in interviews Wednesday with The Washington Post, current and former Democratic officeholders and operatives from across the country raised serious questions about her and her political teams strength and readiness for a 2016 presidential campaign.

Shes tried to put the day of reckoning off, but its come now, and I dont think she can stand another couple of weeks of this without her structure in place, said Jim Hodges, a former governor of South Carolina.

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Some Democrats said Clintons initial refusal to provide answers in the growing e-mail controversy smacked of arrogance and a worrisome bunker mentality and that the controversy was a self-inflicted wound.

Had this story been responded to in two or three days instead of in eight days, it would not be as big, said Robert Gibbs, a former White House press secretary under President Obama. They are the ones who put air in this balloon in a way that was not necessary at all. ... Its clear they lack an apparatus. Shes a candidate without a campaign.

A Clinton spokesman did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

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Some top Democrats are alarmed about Clintons readiness for a campaign