President Obama, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, first lady Michelle Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton tour the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on May 15, 2014 in New York. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

Any time a former Cabinet official releases a book, journalists scour it for even a hint of tension inside the administration. And that goes quadruple when you're talking about a potential 2016 presidential candidate and well-known figure like Hillary Clinton.

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So now that the Post has a couple copies of Clinton's yet-to-be-released book, "Hard Choices," where and how does Clinton distance herself from President Obama? And why?

  • Aaron Blake is senior political reporter, writing for The Fix. A Minnesota native, he has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Hill newspaper. @aaronblake
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