2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Atlantic's Steve Clemons: Hillary Clinton Gave A "Very Neoconservative" Speech. [View all]karynnj
(59,510 posts)The implication is that the interim deal came out of the US bilateral talks and then the multinational work began - including Kerry, Moniz and Sherman.
In fact, the interim agreement was the result of multinational negotiations in Geneva over several weeks. This is not up for debate. There are many photos and the announcement by Obama. ( HRC did speak favorably of the the agreement. )
NOTE I do give HRC credit for working with others to get the international Sanctions and for being involved in the early stage. However, the real, serious negotiations did not start until Rohani became President, when HRC was out of office.
Through two years, when success was never thought to be more than 50/50 , there was no doubt that it was Obama and especially Kerry who would be said to have failed. It was Kerry who spent incredible time and effort there. As described, she implicitly gives him no credit for the important interim agreement.
I understand your goal is to get credit for HRC. However, Obama twice thanked a long list of people when he spoke of achieving the deal. HRC was not among them.