Even before she announced.
The goals of the dinner include:
(1) Give reporters their first thoughts from team HRC in advance of the announcement
(2) Setting expectations for the announcement and launch period
(3) Framing the HRC message and framing the race
(4) Enjoy a Frida night drink before working more
so many people were in the tank, there was nobody left to report on the fact that this shouldn’t have happened...at the time it did ( thought there were whispers )