Is Clinton running out the clock?

Published August 28, 2016 4:01am ET



Hillary Clinton’s unwillingness to interact with media and the public has sparked speculation among Republicans that she will lay low until the November election, and let Donald Trump do her work for her by continuing to win negative press attention and lower poll numbers.

For the last several weeks, Clinton’s actions seem to confirm that strategy. She has continued her streak of not holding any question-and-answer sessions with the press, and most of her exchanges with reporters have been highly orchestrated events involving her answering mostly softball questions, lobbed by the media personalities of her choosing.

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