Somebody from my old college days agreed with my Hillary conspiracy theory (well not 'conspiracy' anymore since it's now mainstream), adding that two of her main problems from '08 won't hurt her anymore. Her Iraqi war vote will be irrelevant, since that war will be forgotten (or moved on, the more accurate term) and she was back then seen by many as the "establishment candidate" and Obama pummeled her with that.

Now that the Dems are the national establishment in the executive branch (and maybe still Senate too by '16), that's not the problem. Not to mention her SOS tenure has possibly made her appear more Presidential, more so than Biden who's the incumbent VP.