2016 vs. 2020As my colleagues Lisa Lerer and Glenn Thrush reported in an article today, Mrs. Clinton has been a strong behind-the-scenes supporter of Joe Biden’s candidacy since last year, when she decided against mounting another run for president. But the differences between Mr. Biden’s presidential campaign this year and her own four years ago show how much the party has shifted since 2016. That year, Mr. Sanders and his allies exerted significant influence on the party platform written in the run-up to the convention, and Mrs. Clinton adopted a few of his policy ideas — though often in tempered form. On foreign affairs, she sometimes lined up to the right of the president under whom she had served as secretary of state. In a campaign straitjacketed by the coronavirus pandemic, his newsiest moments have come when he has announced policy plans — most of which have left liberals surprised and, sometimes, nearly satisfied.

Source: New York Times August 19, 2020 22:18 UTC