so why the tease? I assumed she was running or messing with us.
The so-called “tease” was the interpretation of those that didn’t recognize her motives for waiting till the last second. Once realizing that, given she is running, her best shot was to let the others slog it out, she didn’t need the name recognition gained by an early entry, there are plenty of more debates for those that felt she should be slogging it out as well. The media had it in for her the most; and she was already quite well “vetted”. I believe many that recognized this, prior to her announcement, were rooting for her to wait not just to the last week possible (end of October), but to the last day/hour/minute/second.