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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.(AP)

Is it possible to build a case for aHillary Clintonpresidency in a country music video?

A new pro-Clinton super PAC called Stand with Hillary has given it a try,releasing a song Thursdaythat seems to target the white, male voters whom Democrats had great trouble attracting in the midterm elections last month.

In the video, the singer is a bearded young man in jeans, boots and a cowboy hat who is hankering to vote for Mrs. Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.

Shes a mother, a daughter and, through it all, shes a loving wife, he croons. And now, its 2016, and this time Im a-thinking, guys, put your boots on and lets smash this ceiling .

With that, he takes a sledgehammer to a sheet of glass (a symbol of the glass ceiling), having traded the cowboy hat for a hard hat.

Daniel Chavez, chairman of Stand with Hillary, says the group plans on releasing more videos in the coming months One will be aimed at young voters, another at Latino working class voters, he says. All are part of an electoral coalition that Mrs. Clinton will need to capture if she decides to enter the race.

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Washington (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton is defending President Barack Obama's decision to extend talks with Iran over dismantling its nuclear program.

"I think it is a very important effort to continue to pursue, and to try to see if we can reach an agreement that is in line with our requirements," Clinton said Friday night.

But she called for a tough approaching in the talks that were recently extended for seven more months, saying she is "strongly of the view that no deal is better than a bad deal."

"A deal that verifiably closes all of Iran's pathways to a nuclear weapon -- and the key there is verifiably, and all, including covert efforts -- that is what is at the center of this negotiation," Clinton said. "And I think, one might say remarkably, our partners have not jumped ship. They have stayed in the negotiation."

Her comments came during an hour-long question-and-answer session with Haim Saban, a major Democratic donor, in an event hosted by the Brookings Institution.

Clinton has claimed credit for starting those talks with Iran during her tenure as President Barack Obama's Secretary of State -- and the issue could remain a hot topic if, as is widely expected, she seeks the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.

Republicans have criticized the Obama administration's handling of the Iran talks, and have argued that they'd advance legislation to impede any deal that would allow Iran to continue to enrich uranium.

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Hillary Clinton, 67, spoke at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Claimed America should 'empathize' and 'show respect' to its enemies Said US should use 'every possible tool and partner' to advance peace Front-runner Democratic nominee's remarks criticized as 'naive' online Described as 'irrational' by ex-Marine Lieutenant Colonel, Oliver North Some critics highlighted U.S.'s recent air strikes on the Islamic State Clinton's speech was to promote female leadership inforeignconflicts

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Published: 02:12 EST, 6 December 2014 | Updated: 03:07 EST, 6 December 2014

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Hillary Clinton has come under fire after saying that America should 'empathize'' with its enemies.

Speaking at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. to promote female leadership, the former U.S. Secretary of State also said the country should show 'respect' to those fighting against it.

Using an approach she dubs 'smart power' - which women are apparently uniquely positioned to deploy - she urged Americans to use 'every possible tool and partner' to advance peace.

This approach means 'showing respect, even for one's enemies; trying to understand and, insofar as psychologically possible, empathize with their perspective and point of view,' she said.

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Today on The Fix, Chris and I are exploring opposite sides of the same argument: Whether Hillary Clinton will run for president in 2016.

Chris is pretty sure -- OK, very sure -- she will. Longtime political analyst Charlie Co0k is considerably less certain, pegging it at 60 to 70 percent. Similarly, I tend to think we always overestimate how likely candidates are to run. It's a big decision, and lots of things need to happen to make it a "go." Even people who really want to run often decide not to, for varying reasons.

What might those reasons be for Clinton? Below are five conceivable hurdles.Let me qualify, though, that I still think it's much more likely that she will run than not. But any one of these things could be a significant obstacle in her decision-making process.

1. The prospect of losing

It seems like we've already discussed Clinton's inevitability ad nauseam, but that inevitability really only applies to the Democratic primary. Her odds in the general election are headed toward being a 50/50 proposition -- and getting worse.

Although Clinton's approval rating reached upward of 60 to 65 percent as secretary of state, her favorable rating in the days since she stepped down has steadily fallen -- so much so that most recent polls show her under 50 percent (although still more positive than negative). That's pretty middling territory.

Here's polling of a Clinton match-up with Jeb Bush:

And Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.):

And Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.):

She leads all comers, but she's also better-known than all of them. She's also hovering around 50 percent and losing ground.

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