article_snippet: As for everyone else, the question isn't whether Clinton did enough Tuesday to satisfy Even the White House Republicans, who will no doubt continue to hammer Clinton on decisions Clinton made while at State.
article_snippet: Nor is it whether Clinton did enough to satisfy Republican voters, who have a crystallized view of Clinton that goes all the way back to the '90s.
article_snippet: The audience for whom this press conference mattered most was Democratic and independent voters, who may admire Clinton, but as history has proved, simply cannot be counted on to vote for Clinton in 2016, especially if someone else comes along on Clinton left.
article_snippet: Remember, Clinton wasn't defeated in 2008 by Republicans.
article_snippet: Clinton was beaten by a little-known, inexperienced Democrat.
article_snippet: That means that the half of the country that was predisposed to like Clinton politics and who already knew who Clinton was chose someone else.