“There are some warning signs,” said former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who supports Clinton’s campaign. “There was an economic populism dimension to the vote, which means Secretary Clinton should focus more and more on economic wage, income inequality, jobs issues, domestically rather than trade and global economics. There’s an economic anxiety in this country that we’ve got to address.”

The Democratic candidate who prides herself on being a wonk — one who embraces policy details, compared to her opponent whom she paints as a self-congratulating empty suit — notably steered clear Friday of the gritty details of what Britain’s stunning exit from the European Union means for the economy, or for her centrist, establishment campaign.

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Clinton campaign operatives distanced the problems abroad from those at home, noting that a vote on whether the U.K. left the European Union was "profoundly" different from a vote on who should serve as commander in chief of the United States.

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