HRC is a very smart pol. A few months ago I noted that she would only comment on issues of the day once the dust had settled. This is a perfect example of that. This sort of position/comment is as down the middle as you can get.
http://www.motherjones.com/...
"If he were concerned and wanted to be part of the American debate, he could have been. But it struck me as—I just have to be honest with you—as sort of odd that he would flee to China, because Hong Kong is controlled by China, and that he would then go to Russia, two countries with which we have very difficult cyber-relationships, to put it mildly."
Clinton also suggested that Snowden had inadvertently helped terrorists. "I think turning over a lot of that material—intentionally or unintentionally, because of the way it can be drained—gave all kinds of information, not only to big countries, but to networks and terrorist groups and the like," she said.
Not many people can disagree with this comment. Her ability to go to the heart of an argument and sound reasonable explaining it will cut through a lot of the noise that is going to surround her in 2016. Bill has this ability in spades, as does Sen. Warren (did you see her on Rachel?). Whether you agree with them or not, they just sound reasonable.
By the way, the RCP average of polls has her at 65.8%; Biden 12.3%; Warren 5.7%. Simply amazing that a sitting VP is that far behind. She never had lead like that in polling leading up to 2008.
With smart comments like this one to Mother Jones, I don't see her making the mistakes of 2007-08. Other than Warren, who else can come from her left flank?