Could someone help me translate this sentence?


> ぼくに何かできるのかと言えば、難しいところだ。例えば逃げ出すことを考える。

I know it's wrong, but this was the best I could come up with:

"I can't really say what I can't do. For example running away."




> ぼくに何かできるのかと言えば、難しいところだ。例えば逃げ出すことを考える。

The first sentence is a roundabout one that is typically heard from an
embattled politician, but it roughly just means "I can hardly think of what I
can do".

  * ぼくに何かできるのか: "whether or not I can do something". ([embedded question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/13034/5010); [why に is used with できる](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/36481/5010))
  * と言えば: と is the quotative particle. Literally "if [I] say ～", but here this works as an idiomatic and emphatic topic marker. "Speaking of ～", "When it comes to ～". [More examples on JGram](http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=toieba).
  * 難しいところだ: "that's the difficult part/point/problem." See: [Meaning of ところ in アメリカのいいところ](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/23738/5010)
  * 例えば逃げ出すことを考える: "For example, I think of running away." He says so because he can't think of something more helpful.

