#Hillary_Clinton, ‘Smart Power’ and a Dictator’s Fall - The New York Times
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us/politics/hillary-clinton-libya.html
Anne-Marie Slaughter, her director of policy planning at the State Department, notes that in conversation and in her memoir, Mrs. Clinton repeatedly speaks of wanting to be “caught trying.” In other words, she would rather be criticized for what she has done than for having done nothing at all.
“She’s very careful and reflective,” Ms. Slaughter said. “But when the choice is between action and inaction, and you’ve got risks in either direction, which you often do, she’d rather be caught trying.”