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Elizabeth Warren says she isn't running for president in 2016. But Elizabeth Warren hasn't quite endorsed Hillary Clinton either.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren tiptoed up to the edge of endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.

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But didn't quite do it.

"You know, all of the women - Democratic women, I should say, of the Senate - urged Hillary Clinton to run, and I hope she does," Senator Warren responded to ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" Sunday when asked if Clinton was her candidate in 2016.

When Stephanopoulos pushed a second time, asking if Warren would endorse a Clinton 2016 run, Warren responded, "Hillary is terrific."

Close, but not an endorsement yet. Warren may be banking some of her political capital as her own value as a candidate appears to be rising.

Warren topped Hillary Clinton in a poll early this month when Americans were asked about possible 2016 candidates. The according to a Quinnipiac University "National Thermometer" released on April 3, voters had cooled to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, while warming to Warren:

Number one today is U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, at 48.6 degrees, but 46 percent of American voters don't know enough about her to form an opinion.

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Elizabeth Warren: Almost an endorsement of Hillary Clinton 2016 (+video)