Priebus: Hillary can’t ‘connect the dots’

The chairman of the Republican National Committee says Hillary Clinton is keeping a low public profile because her team knows she can’t “connect the dots” for a successful presidential campaign.

“She’s certainly proven in the past she somehow can’t manage to connect the dots in the world of presidential politics,” Reince Priebus said Tuesday in an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. 

{mosads}”Her team knows it and that’s why they’re keeping her out of the public eye.”

 It’s not the first time Priebus has questioned Clinton’s readiness for the 2016 campaign if she decides to run. In October, the RNC chief said Clinton was “not really good at politics.”

To pressure the likely Democratic frontrunner, the RNC on Tuesday also launched a campaign to document instances they see as Clinton “hiding” from the media.

The RNC pointed out that Clinton hasn’t visited the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire in more than 100 days and her only public appearance this year was a speech last month in Canada.

At the same time, a number of potential Republican candidates have made trips to Iowa and New Hampshire to lay the groundwork for their own presidential bids.

“This is a person preparing to run for president,” Priebus said. “She hasn’t done an interview with The New York Times.”

Priebus noted that Clinton has “nothing to gain” and “everything to lose” by jumping into the 2016 race anytime soon. 

For example, last week while likely Republican presidential candidates Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Gov. Chris Christie (N.J.) took fire for comments they made on vaccinations during exchanges with media members, Clinton weighed in on the topic with a tweet. 

Priebus said that Clinton’s lack of public engagement isn’t “all that bad” for Republicans, but “the problem is for her in the general election.”

It’s unclear when the former Secretary of State plans to enter the race, with some insiders saying she may do a pre-launch in April followed by a formal campaign announcement in July.