{"id":2615205,"date":"2026-06-17T13:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-says-biden-made-terrible-mistake-running-in-2024-claims-anybody-else-could-have-beaten-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:14:03","slug":"hillary-says-biden-made-terrible-mistake-running-in-2024-claims-anybody-else-could-have-beaten-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-says-biden-made-terrible-mistake-running-in-2024-claims-anybody-else-could-have-beaten-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Says Biden Made &#8216;Terrible Mistake&#8217; Running in 2024, Claims &#8216;Anybody Else&#8217; Could Have Beaten Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhillary-says-biden-made-terrible-mistake-running-in-2024-claims-anybody-else-could-have-beaten-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2615205&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kareem-abdul-jabbar-urges-hollywood-to-combat-asian-stereotypes\/\" title=\"Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Urges Hollywood To \u2018Combat Asian Stereotypes\u2019\">content features<\/a> a webpage section where clicking a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button reveals additional data. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happy-easter-bunny\/\" title=\"Happy Easter Bunny\">expanded content includes<\/a> a discussion about Hillary Clinton reflecting on the Democratic Party&#8217;s mistakes in the 2024 election. Clinton criticizes President Joe Biden&#8217;s decision to run for re-election, suggesting it was a &#8220;terrible mistake&#8221; that cost the Democrats the chance to beat Donald Trump more convincingly. she contends that if Biden had announced he wouldn&#8217;t run early on, a more competitive race could have occurred, possibly leading to a different outcome. Clinton also implies that the Democratic primary process favored candidates based on superficial qualities, such as vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s race adn gender, rather than qualifications, which she believes contributed to the party&#8217;s weak candidate pool and eventual election results. The webpage contains embedded scripts for ad tracking and a form for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deputy\/\" title=\"Deputy\">submitting corrections<\/a>, indicating interactive and analytical elements, but the main focus is clinton&#8217;s critique of the 2024 electoral strategy and candidate selection.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the time to look back on her party\u2019s mistakes in 2024, focusing on former President Joe Biden\u2019s decision to stay in the race for as long as he did.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to New Yorker editor David Remnick on Tuesday, Clinton remarked that Biden made a \u201cterrible mistake\u201d in running, saying \u201canybody else\u201d could have beaten President Donald Trump, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/16\/hillary-clinton-says-joe-biden-made-terrible-mistake-by-seeking-reelection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Clinton switched off her brain in the summer and fall of 2024. The Democrats <em>did <\/em>run another candidate, and she lost every swing state.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton clarified these comments, adding, \u201cI believe if he had kept to that plan and said, in, say, the late summer of \u201923 that he wasn\u2019t going to run, that he was going to pass, you know, the torch to the next generation, we would have had a real contest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe made a terrible mistake for himself, his legacy and for the country,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>OK, sure, Clinton is saying that had former Vice President Kamala Harris not been installed, a candidate who won a primary had Biden stepped aside would have won.<\/p>\n<p>She, however, countered her own argument in telling Remnick, \u201cwhether it was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter ... Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, or a governor, or a senator, or anybody else, would have beaten Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >vice president ran<\/a>, and look what happened.<\/p>\n<p>By that assertion, Clinton neglected just how shallow and one-dimensional Democrat voters are.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro would not have been successful \u2014 he\u2019s Jewish, and the rabidly pro-Hamas wing of the party wouldn\u2019t have had that.<\/p>\n<p>Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was another option.<\/p>\n<p>As a homosexual, that could be appealing to Democrats, but he is white, so that could hurt his chances.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is a mixed-race woman. That was her only appealing quality to a mass of vacuous, superficial \u201cprogressives\u201d who cared more about vibes than policy.<\/p>\n<p>If a primary had played out, they would have still chosen someone woefully unqualified for the worst reasons possible \u2014 the same motivation for installing Harris as a candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The primary would have reflected the Democrat elite\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who followed the election cycle in 2024 understands this reality.<\/p>\n<p>General election voters did not reject Harris for not winning a primary. 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