Clinton’s comments come as she tours to promote her new memoir 'Hard Choices.' Clinton: Other women qualified

Hillary Clinton on Monday said the nature of today’s news cycle is one of the drawbacks of being president, as she also argued that there are plenty of other women qualified to run.

“The job is almost indescribably difficult,” Clinton, a possible 2016 Democratic front-runner, said of the presidency in an interview with the Canadian network CBC. “We have a head of state, head of government, all rolled up into one. … 24/7 media … people have to say something to the press whether we’ve thought through what the implications are or not.”


Clinton, who ran for president unsuccessfully in 2008, has long been wary of the media.

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During the interview, Clinton — also a former secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady — stressed that after seeing firsthand the challenges the White House can present, she wants to take her time in making a decision about 2016. She also said that there are plenty of other female Democrats who would be qualified to run for president.

“A lot of the women senators, we have a couple of women governors — I’m talking on the Democratic side — we have a good bench, so to speak,” Clinton says in a video clip posted Monday. “But they haven’t gone through the fire. Part of the reason why there’s a big drumbeat for me to run is because I’ve done it.”

The CBC’s Peter Mansbridge told Clinton that women in particular want her to run again.

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“I’m well aware of that, I’m incredibly touched by it and feel responsible because of it,” said Clinton, a former secretary of state. “And I know that it’s important that we break that highest and hardest glass ceiling. I also believe there are quite a few women who are eminently qualified but … may not have the profile.”

Clinton’s comments, which aired Monday night, come as she tours to promote “Hard Choices,” her new memoir about her time at the State Department.