Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton's most vocal critics have long tried to tie the former secretary of state to President Barack Obama, hoping that her 2016 run would be dragged down by the somewhat unpopular president. 

But ahead of Tuesday's State of the Union address, critics say Clinton is making their job easy. 

Tim Miller, the executive director of America Rising, an anti-Clinton communications and research super PAC, argues in talking points to other Republicans that Clinton is tying herself to Obama by working with and hiring many of his staffers ahead of her all-but-certain 2016 run. 

"By hiring his key political and policy staff and making no public moves to place clear distance between herself and the President on issues likely to be front and center in the coming Congress, Clinton is signaling that she's not just from the same party as the President, but that she's an Obama Democrat, who will back his policies, pursue his agenda, and represent a Third Term of the Obama Administration," Miller argues in a memo to the group's supporters. 

Since last year, Clinton has been meeting with a broad array of Democratic operatives and possible campaign staffers ahead of a possible 2016 run. But in the last month, Clinton has reportedly began to tap certain Democratic operatives -- many with ties to Obama's two successful presidential runs -- for certain jobs on her nascent campaign. 

John Podesta, a top aide on the Obama White House, has said a number of times that he plans to leave the White House in early February and would happily work for Clinton is she runs. 
Who was tied to the president? How did her critics feel? which run were they thinking of? Who was Tim Miller? What was that? What did they believe? how? Did she make a clear distance between them? Is she the same party? Has she met with anyone?
Hillary Clinton. Clinton is making their job easy. 2016 Run for president. Executive director of America Rising A suiper-PAC. Clinton was tying herself to Obama. working with and hiring many of his staffers No. Yes she is. Yes she has.