Hillary Clinton's book keeps Democrats divided and focused on the past

Former President Barack Obama isn’t the only past Democratic leader who refuses to ride off into the sunset. Hillary Clinton reemerges Tuesday with a new book explaining yet again her loss in the 2016 presidential election — without much insight into how they can win next time.

Some Democrats worry that the continued prominence of both Obama and Clinton will overshadow a new generation of their party’s leaders and rising stars. Both have already contributed to the thinning of the Democratic bench: Obama presided over massive down-ballot losses while Clinton’s defeat last November left Republicans with unified control of the federal government.