|                                  CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the   latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Hillary Clinton's point of no   return |   |  For months, pro-Clinton Democrats have pointed to early January   - particularly January 15 - as a symbolic time for Clinton's presidential   aspirations. Former aides and confidants have quietly said that if Clinton doesn't   say no to running by the start of 2015, she is a go for 2016.  |  
 
 
 
 
 | Why Hillary better watch her   back |   |  A year ago, who would have believed that a brutal militia would take over   parts of Syria and Iraq, forcing the U.S. to re-enter the Middle East fray? Who   would have predicted that Russia would conquer and annex Crimea, a legally   recognized part of Ukraine, or that a deadly virus would spread panic in the U.S.   and devastation in parts of Africa.  |  
 
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