I'd guess Hillary probably does understand the pros and cons of past trade pacts, and of the TPP Your contradiction is duly noted. US opponents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership don’t understand how it works http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=121312699 Hillary Clinton’s Trade Switch: A Trans-Pacific Timeline http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/10/13/hillary-clintons-trade-switch-a-trans-pacific-timeline/ A Timeline Of Hillary Clinton's Evolution On Trade http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/04/21/401123124/a-timeline-of-hillary-clintons-evolution-on-trade