2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Clinton blesses Bloomberg as a back-up if she loses to Sanders. [View all]Babel_17
(5,400 posts)"An establishment candidate must win" being the sentiment.
The thinking behind that goes to supporting Bloomberg over Sanders. She did say "have to", not "want to".
"He's a good friend of mine," Clinton said. "The way I read what he said is if I didn't get the nomination, he might consider it. Well, I'm going to and get the nomination so he doesn't have to."
"Have to" goes to the premise of there being an ethical imperative to make sure Sanders isn't President.
"Want to" would make it about what's inside Bloomberg's mind.
"so he doesn't feel that he has to" would have worked, especially if she had also dropped "relieve him of that".
Presumably, "rich man's burden" is what she was thinking of. Ah, what a responsibility to bear; Oh the torment of thinking a non-establishment candidate might win.