Yet the biggest risk to Democrats from a Hillary Clinton nomination is not that it would be generationally backward-looking -- or that it would reopen embarrassing ethical disputes -- but that it would short-circuit the necessary work of party renewal . Democrats seem poised to let Hillary Clinton inherit nomination in 2016 , writes David Frum . He says after 20 years in the White House , Democrats should reassess their priorities . Picking Hillary Clinton would be a backward - looking move , he says . Note : Clinton would run in 2016 without a platform or much of a mandate .
Democrats seem poised to let Hillary Clinton inherit nomination in 2016 , writes David Frum . He says after 20 years in the White House , Democrats should reassess their priorities . Picking Hillary Clinton would be a backward - looking move , he says . Note : Clinton would run in 2016 without a platform or much of a mandate .