Hillary Clinton: ‘I’m not running’

Hillary Clinton will not run for president in 2020, she told a New York TV station in an interview that aired Monday night.

"I'm not running, but I'm going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe," she said in an interview with News 12 in New York State.

Clinton’s 2020 intentions had remained unclear until Monday. Given her status as the Democratic Party’s nominee in 2016, her presence had hovered in the background as the party’s crowded presidential field had begun to take shape.

Though she laughed when asked if she could ever imagine running for office again, Clinton did say she was still planning to be a vocal part of the political process.

"I’m not going anywhere," Clinton told interviewer Tara Rosenblum. “What's at stake in our country, the kind of things that are happening right now, are deeply troubling to me."

In the one-on-one interview, Clinton also expressed concern about the nation’s political polarization but said she took comfort in the record number of women elected in the 2018 midterms.

“I’m thrilled by the exciting, dynamic women who were elected to Congress,“ she said.

Still mindful of her startling 2016 defeat, Clinton said she had been meeting with potential 2020 candidates and warning them that much work needed to be done.

“We can't take anything for granted,” she told Rosenblum. “We have to work really, really hard to make our case to the American people, and I'm going to do everything I can to help the Democrats win back the White House."