Could Hillary refuse to debate in the primaries?

[Beet]

The problem for Hillary is that in a debate, all the other candidates will just be going after her. On a stage with, say, four or five candidates, if each candidate gets equal speaking time, then the other three or four candidates (75% to 80% of total speaking time) can spend all their time attacking Hillary only. Whereas Hillary will only be able to defend herself during her own time. It's not to say she shouldn't debate, but it's bad dynamics for her. In a 1-on-1 debate it would be much better for her.

[Beet]

McCain 2000 was no clown, so if Bush 2000 could wait until November or December to debate him, I don't see why Hillary can't, presuming she remains as favored by that point as Bush was in 2000.

I just don't understand people who say a competitive primary would be bad for Hillary. We have no way of knowing if she has improved at all from disastrous '08 campaign.

Well, if she wants the nomination, a competitive primary by definition would threaten to take that away, so it's obviously bad for her. How can it not be? The best for her would be a noncompetitive primary and a noncompetitive general (ha), and a Congress that just passes what she wants (ha). Unrealistic, yes, but that would be what's best for her, if that's what we're talking about.