Dick Cheney believes that Hillary Clinton is not the formidable Presidential candidate that many believe; in fact he is not sure she will even win the Democratic Party nomination. Appearing on Tuesday evening's Hugh Hewitt radio program, the former vice president discussed Clinton's 2016 presidential prospects and remains convinced the "baggage" she picked up as Secretary of State will prevent her from successfully reaching the White House.

Hewitt: And a last question, it’s political. You’ve run a number of campaigns – statewide, national. People remember you took apart Joe Lieberman and John Edwards. You know your way around a campaign. Can Hillary Clinton be beaten? And if so, how?

Cheney: Well, I think she can. I’m not at all pessimistic about our prospects there. I think she’s got a lot of things she’ll have to answer for, a lot of baggage. She’s got to explain why serving as Barack Obama’s Secretary of State, she shouldn’t be held accountable for being the one who implemented those policies such as they are. I don’t think it’s a slam dunk for her by any means. I’m not even sure that it’s guaranteed she’ll get the Democratic nomination. I think there’s a lot to answer for – Benghazi and many other points that I think will be arguments against her.

Hewitt: But she has always eluded tough questions. Will the D.C.-Beltway-Manhattan elite ever ask her the tough questions?

Cheney: I don’t, boy, I wouldn’t want to make a wild guess there. Obviously, she’s been very successful politically, as has her husband, but I think her performance in the last few months hasn’t been all that sterling. You know, the book tour got her in a fair amount of trouble. She hasn’t been as smooth an item as one might expect. And you know, she’s, I think there are a lot of wannabees over on the Democratic side who are holding back, because she’s still sort of occupying the space as the expected preferred option, but I’m not at all sure that’ll be sure two years from now.