Clinton faults Biden 2024 run as 'terrible mistake' for Democrats
What's new: She argued an open primary could have produced a nominee better positioned to beat Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton sharply criticized Joe Biden's decision to seek re-election in 2024, calling it a “terrible mistake for himself, his legacy and for the country” during a June 15 event in Manhattan with New Yorker editor David Remnick. Clinton argued Democrats might have defeated Donald Trump if Biden had stepped aside earlier and allowed a competitive primary to choose a nominee. She said Kamala Harris was hurt by Biden's late July 2024 exit, which left her about three months to build a national campaign, and by the political difficulty of breaking from an unpopular president who had chosen her as vice president.