Hillary Clinton joined the rest of the high-profile politicians that write self-promotional books on the eve of major political moves (“Audacity of Hope”, anyone?). She said she didn’t write “Hard Choices” for the wonks, which follow “Washington’s long-running soap opera,” but for Americans trying to make sense of the strange and wonderful 21st century – a.k.a. potential Hillary fans. She writes: “As is usually the case with the benefit of hindsight, I wish we could go back and revisit certain choices. But I’m proud of what we accomplished. This century began traumatically for our country, with the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the long wars that followed, and the Great Recession. We needed to do better, and I believe we did.” Aside from the disaster of Benghazi, what did her time as secretary of state accomplish? Like many of these political books, expect a fluffy read. More…