But maybe, I think, the US has less scope for grand strategy than it did in the past couple of decades, when the country seemed to bestride the world colossus-style. Clinton herself suggests that so formidable are the tasks confronting the US that the administration has little scope to enter into internecine fights but needs instead to focus on the challenges to hand. Whatever the reason for her stance, it seems to be a smart decision – by all accounts she's overcome many of the suspicions the White House retinue had towards her.
但我認爲,或許美國現在實施其宏偉戰略的空間要小於先前二十年,那時這個國家猶如巨人般支配著世界。希拉里本人暗示,美國面臨的任務如此艱鉅,以至於歐巴馬政府沒有內訌的空間,而需要集中精力應對手頭的挑戰。不管她的姿態是出於什麼原因,這似乎是一個聰明的決定——各方公認,她化解了歐巴馬核心圈子成員對她曾經抱有的諸多懷疑。