let s talk about tough women. hillary clinton, there is nobody tougher in politics. i covered her campaign in 2008. she s incredibly tough, driven, smart, and incredibly nice. she s been through all of this. there s very little left to uncover about hillary clinton. she now sort of occupies a new place in our politics, than even when she did in 2008. and so, she s certainly going to be the subject of sexist attacks. that picture of the woman s heel with the guy hanging off it, case in point. she s gotten to a level, i think, she s not simply going to be evaluated as the woman candidate. she ll be evaluated the problem for her will be the inevitable candidate. okay, beth, so there s a question of how tough she is, right? but there s also the question of whether or not the attacks themselves then generate a positive backlash for her. so jessica writing today for the washington post, writes, if the me someny flows as freely in 2016 as it did during clinton s first presidential run,