Will Hillary’s hopes stand real scrutiny? - Clinton candidacy confirmed

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON’S ambition has never been in question or hidden. 

Long before her husband Bill became American president in January 1993 — yes, more than a quarter of a century ago — her singular, upwards-only determination was obvious. The only real question was how far would that intuitive and emotional force take her?

Yesterday, by confirming her long-anticipated second White House bid, we came a step closer to answering that question. Should she not win the Democratic nomination — unlikely if not unimaginable — or should she win it and be defeated by another candidate, it is hard to imagine that her career will have anything more to offer in late 2016 than an epilogue. Those who imagined that point had been reached when Barack Obama unexpectedly defeated her and secured the Democratic nomination in 2008 underestimated her grit or William Congreve’s truth: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”