Chelsea Clinton did not say whether she thought a campaign by Russia had a role in her mother's election defeat. | Getty Chelsea Clinton: ‘I don’t think’ my mom will run for office again

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is doing “great,” but she is likely not planning on running for office again, according to her daughter, Chelsea Clinton.

“I have no idea. I don’t think so,” Clinton said Tuesday on "CBS This Morning" when asked whether her mother was thinking about running again after her stunning election defeat in November. “I think right now she’s focused on her book. She’s focused — thankfully — on her grandchildren. She’s focused on what she can do help support work she’s been engaged in for longer than I’ve been alive around children, around women, around families. I’m just really grateful to have more time with her now than I’ve had in a long time.”


Clinton said her mother is spending a lot of time with her grandchildren and staying busy giving speeches and looking for other ways to remain involved.

“She’s clearly looking to encourage many of, particularly, the young people who are thinking about running for office, that they should keep thinking about that and throw their hats into the ring,” Clinton said of her mother. “She is trying to figure out what she can do to help support so many organizations, like Planned Parenthood, who are standing on the front lines to defend our fundamental rights. I just am really grateful that she’s out there doing that work, because I believe as strongly today as I did last year and the year before about what we need to be doing to protect and advance progress.”

Clinton, who last week shot down rumors that she was considering running for public office, insisted again that she would not run, but encouraged young people to consider getting involved in politics. She declined to criticize President Donald Trump during the interview, saying only that she didn't agree with him, and she demurred on a question about whether the campaign by Russian intelligence to influence the outcome of the election played a role in her mother’s defeat.

“I think we don’t yet know the answer to anything around Russia, and I think we all deserve those answers," she said.