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Clinton on Sunday declined to say who would be on her Supreme Court short list

Reno, Nevada (CNN) Hillary Clinton said Monday in Elko, Nevada, that she is confident that President Barack Obama would nominate a Supreme Court justice who has gone through a confirmation process before, making it harder for Republicans to block the nomination.

During the question and answer portion of her event in a rural town in northern Nevada, the Democratic presidential candidate also tipped her hand on people Obama would consider.

"I think the President's going to look for somebody who has a record that is gonna be hard for the Republicans to be against," said Obama's first-term secretary of state. "Somebody who is a sensible person with a good record and maybe somebody who's already been confirmed by the Senate."

"We've got some judges on the courts of appeals, they were confirmed 99 to nothing," Clinton said. "So there people who have already gone through the process."

She added, "There are some great other people, great jurists and lawyers and advocates. So I'm hoping that we get somebody nominated and everybody will say, 'Hey, the only reason to block this is pure partisanship, and so do your duty. This person is well prepared.' "

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