What if Hillary's campaign is less a book tour than a stress test?

If you weren’t sure you were running for president — you weren’t sure you had the energy or the will for the unyielding bullshit of it all, the travel, the media, the labyrinth of past comments and old documents shaking loose, the indignity of asking donors over and over again until you raised a billion dollars — maybe you would create a challenge for yourself. Simulate running for president as best you could.

You could create something like a bank stress test for yourself. It’s almost a luxury. You could artificially create the conditions of a presidential run. You could get a taste of the changed media environment, and the new young voters. You could look a whole lot of women in the eye and see if they’re really excited about your run, or just meeting a celebrity at the bookstore. And you could look within, and find out if you can handle it again — and if you really want it.

Clinton does have to decide soon. In particular, she hasn’t really committed yet to campaigning for Democrats running this November. If she chooses not to run, she can skip Iowa, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and more. If she’s running, she has to make those stops.