Ron Fournier, National Journal: “This is not merely a question of news conferences versus interviews. It's about the broader, modern-era demand for accessibility, authenticity, transparency and accountability. Hillary Clinton and her communications team are stuck in the opaque, pre-internet '90s, which doesn't bode well for her presidency.”

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Jill Lawrence, commentary editor, USA Today: “There are a lot of downsides for Clinton having a press conference. She's not good at them, she'd be asked about one controversy after another,

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Finally, there's Mike Barnicle, the MSNBC analyst and longtime columnist who likely isn't the first political journalist to invoke the legacy of the most hallowed college basketball coach, UCLA's late John Wooden — and also a now forgotten hard court rules reality back in the day.

“John Wooden is her campaign manager. It's 1966 and there is no shot clock, so she's going to just run it out. Why would she expose herself to us when she is aware, totally aware, that she is incapable of speaking in a straight line about CGI (Clinton Global Initiative) or the home server? Plus she's paranoid.”