Lining up for another Clinton-led White House

The question was being asked in hallway whispers and excited chatter in many languages this week at the Clinton Global Initiative conference. It’s the question that follows Hillary Clinton everywhere — will she run for US president in 2016?

A version of the question came up during a panel discussion on investing in the future of women, and Clinton was deft, saying only that “someday, I hope” to see a woman president. She stopped short of discussing her own plans, even as applause erupted.

For the former secretary of state, New York senator, and first lady, the four-day meeting at a Manhattan hotel is the latest stop in what many see as an increasingly intense shadow campaign.