Oh, I agree she knows that the RATs chances of winning in 2004 are slim-to-none. But she may make herself the VICE-presidential candidate in 2004 just to hear the adulation, and smooth the way for being on the top of the ticket in 2008. She could claim the defeat was solely due to the guy at the top of the ticket, and not her, because she's really adored by everybody. Besides, we should all feel sorry for her that she lost, and vote for her as president in 2008. It wasn't her fault.
Besides, Hitlery ran half the government as just a presidential housewife. Bill and Hitlery would have been calling the shots if Algore had won. She would do quite well as vice-president, and de-facto czarina.
My only fear would be well-planned and audaciously executed voter fraud on a massive scale in enough urban areas to tip big electoral-vote states into Hillary's column. That is the only way I can see her winning the presidency. I don't think enough has been done to prevent such voter fraud. We all saw SD Senatorial voter fraud, after all. This is the only thing about 2004 or 2008 that makes me uneasy. Don't understand why Bush has not pressed harder for genuine reform in this area. Granted, any voter-reform action would have to be very carefully designed because rats are ready to take any changes in the system and game them to their advantage just as they have the present system.