Story highlights Bush has typically resisted entertaining the notion that Trump, the far-and-away national front-runner, will actually win the nomination

The former Florida governor tried to show greater message discipline on Thursday evening.

Washington (CNN) Jeb Bush has learned not to answer questions.

That's what the former Florida governor said Thursday when asked if Hillary Clinton would make a better president than Donald Trump, his frequent rival on the campaign trail.

"I don't think Hillary Clinton is going to be elected president of the United States," Bush said to CNN's John Berman on "Anderson Cooper 360."

But that didn't answer Berman's question, which Bush acknowledged.

"No, I've learned not to answer questions. That's one of the things you do now in political discourse. You answer what you want to say," he replied with a chuckle.

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