All the talk in Washington is that, although she turns 70 this month, Hillary Clinton is still seriously considering another tilt at the US presidency in 2020.

Some well-placed people believe she remains determined to become the first female president of the United States of America. If that’s the case, I suggest she is going about it in completely the wrong way.

Her visit to the United Kingdom this month shows that her attitude and demeanour is that of a very sore loser, albeit one with the hide of a rhinoceros. Who else could have written a gripe-filled book called “What Happened” (surely “The Great Whinge” would have been a more accurate title) and expect people to pay £20 for a copy?

Then again, perhaps the multi-millionaire Clintons haven’t made enough money out of politics and public life yet.

This book is little more than a shopping list of all the unfortunate and nasty things that were said and done to Mrs Clinton during the latest presidential campaign, a carefully crafted catalogue of all those responsible for her crushing defeat last November.

The one person who is barely criticised in the book is, of course, herself. The sense of entitlement which surrounds her made sure of that.