
Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea on the Graham Norton Show at the BBC in London. The episode was taped on November 10 but aired on November 29. The former First Lady refused to completely rule out a late run for the White House
'I would have to make up my mind really quickly, because it's moving very fast. But I do want to continue to influence the debate.'
In reference to her old rival Donald Trump, who defeated her in the 2016 presidential election, Clinton said she still wanted to influence the political debate even if she stayed on the sidelines in 2020.
She added: 'I'm not leaving the political arena completely, I'm working really hard to make it clear that we have to hold our current leadership accountable.
'I'm out there all the time pointing out the foolishness and craziness that we are currently experiencing.
'So I'm not going anywhere, I just don't know what role I will actually be in.'
The question of her potential candidacy came up when Clinton was asked about one of the subjects in her book, USA soccer star Abby Wambach, who retired with the tagline 'Forget Me', in order to leave the public stage and have someone else take her place.
Norton asked: 'Are you saying ''Forget me'' now?', to which Clinton answered, 'not yet', to applause and cheers from the studio audience.
She was also asked by the host if she was optimistic about the future of politics and replied: 'I am fundamentally optimistic, there's all these indicators of people trying to push the clock back on the progress we've made.
'So that does worry me but I hope that when it's all worked out people will say ''there's things we need to be smarter about, do better about''.'
Hillary Clinton is Officially the Democratic Party Front runner Like I Predicted in 2017
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7775237/New-poll-shows-Hillary-Clinton-...New poll shows Hillary Clinton in first place among Democratic candidates days after former secretary of state refused to rule out last-minute entry into presidential race
Recent survey was done by Harvard's Center for American Political Studies
Poll gave Clinton 21 per cent support followed by Joe Biden with 20 per cent
Bernie Sanders gets 12 percent while Senator Elizabeth Warren is at 9 per cent
On November 29, Clinton told BBC's Graham Norton she wouldn't rule out a run