More misses than hits in the latest volume of Clinton's memoirs

HILLARY Rodham Clinton has put forward a further volume of her memoirs, titled What Happened. The woman who was destined to become the first female president of the United States remains true to her long-standing, diva-like line: The fault for any mistakes always lies with others.

Whether Donald Trump, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Russians, the US political system, the US electoral system or Bernie Sanders, her internal party rival for the nomination - they are the forces that coalesced to ungraciously put a spoke in the wheel of history, screwing up her triumph. That the race was always deemed "hers to lose" and that she did achieve just that goes unmentioned.

At the edges, there is a bit of talk about the email mishap, for example, but - this being a story about the Clinton universe - is mainly also taken as a staff failure. Unfortunately, the one dimension that Clintons (wife and husband) really excel in is being resistant to advice. The two Clintons don't just know everything, they also let other people understand that they know everything better.