But the worst risk for Mr Clinton may be his own combination of optimism and stubbornness.
Apparently those elements create the perfect environment for the introverted, perfectionist sorts who have the patience and stubbornness to craft wristwatches.
With performances like these, the result is not so much an issue movie as a study of human quiddity and stubbornness under siege.
"They are playing in the style which they want to play and we want them to see - a mixture of style and stubbornness, " he said.
And if we continue to see self-interest and stubbornness as the hallmark of the Iceland and Faroese stances then we need the EU to be equipped to take meaningful action.
They are all, as actors, proud of their age and of their persistence, and their fierce stubbornness and pleasure in performing should face down the jeers from the right that the movie will inevitably provoke.
With faltering European countries to worry about and the stubbornness of our own foot-dragging economy and famine in Africa and the latest iPhone and the fact that we stayed up past one looking at pictures of ourselves, well, what does history matter in the grand scheme?
The weakness and the stubbornness you are showing in this crisis is an immediate danger for Gilad's life and health.
This has already been inscribed in White House lore as a magnificent victory, snatched in the spring of this year from the mouth of defeat by a combination of presidential fortitude and congressional ingenuity (or stubbornness and rule-bending, as Republicans see it).
Major mistakes in monetary policy have already been made, and continued stubbornness at the top of the Fed will merely exacerbate the problem.
Loosing heads and losing heads are apparently skills linked quite closely by stubbornness and pride.
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Mt Cayambe (approximately 5, 700 metres), Mt Cotopaxi (5, 900 metres) and Mt Chimborazo (6, 300 metres) are the three highest peaks in the country, and reaching their summits requires a good mix of fitness, stubbornness and luck.
Fear over the looming fiscal cliff, and the increased public stubbornness of President Obama and Speaker Boehner, has pushed several firms, such as Las Vegas Sands, Oracle, and Sirius XM, to declare special dividends ahead of what could be higher taxes next year.
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But it lacks intellectual fire-power: its policies are flimsy and its two main figures, the twins Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, are noted for their honesty, but also for their charmless stubbornness and limited grasp of foreign affairs and economics.
"I exhibited my stubbornness and overrode what the doctors were telling me, " he said.
The Iron Lady is a string of episodes demonstrating Margaret Thatcher's remarkable strength, stubbornness and resolve combined with flashes of feminine charm.
That she not only lived but recovered is nothing short of a miracle and the fruit of grit, determination, and just plain stubbornness.
Dorsey says it results from a mix of stubbornness and ignorance.
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At times, "The Outsider" reads both like a memoir and a riposte, a sharp two-handed backhand down the line from a champ who freely cops to selfishness, stubbornness and shortcomings as a husband.
As to character, the young Margaret Thatcher combined stubbornness, imperviousness and a sense of grievance.
After Brynwood presented its cost-cutting proposals and the workers struck, the stubbornness of the fight surprised both sides.
They can entertain with eccentricity or anecdotes, vex with their stubbornness, seduce with hospitality and amaze with feats of strength.
The United States' stubbornness, so annoying to Libya and American oil companies alike, has not proved very effective.
By its own stubbornness, the company has lost its way and seemingly has no clue what its next good idea is going to be.
One wonders how much of it was personality, how much of it was stubbornness, how much of it was savvy, and how much of it was her inability to work for others to begin with?
Over time, he gained command of Senate procedures, won some friends among Republicans, but lost none of the stubbornness that made him vote his conscience, take risks and damn the consequences.
The Russians believe that their stubbornness has changed how the world responds to Syria and that alone is a victory.
If you never give in, your stubbornness will eventually become a career-halting boundary between you and those that can promote you.
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