But even with the advantages of incumbency — including the ability to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for his campaign, employ the trappings of the presidency and call on a network of allies to attack Republicans and amplify his message — he still faces a daunting environment as long as the economy remains the nation's main preoccupation.
The fashion designer Tom Ford is trying to ensure a place for Gucci in a daunting new environment.
"I find it difficult to dismiss the daunting financing environment," said John Lonski, chief economist of Moody's Capital Markets.
In addition, the study says: "Businesses in New York also face a daunting regulatory environment in which firms are required to get licenses and permits from as many as a half-dozen agencies, most of which are understaffed and few of which coordinate with each other.
It gives patients more control of a daunting care environment.
Tan Min Lan, who co-wrote the report at UBS, said: "Despite the evidence linking gender diversity to significant gains in economic growth and company profitability, women are still largely under-represented in the workforce worldwide and continue to face daunting obstacles in corporate environments".
The logistics of acquiring and distributing weapons in such a chaotic environment are daunting, and the rebels are anxious about infiltration by the Syrian government's notorious intelligence agents.
But in all their adventures, neither Farscape's John Crichton nor SG-1's Cameron Mitchell ever had to contend with an environment as daunting as high school, or a life form as enigmatic as teenagers.
Kersten says the differences in national regulatory environments can be daunting at first, but is something he thinks the company is now up to speed with and should see it well-placed to expand to other European markets in 2016.
Group environments may appear daunting to younger or less confident women, particularly where they perceive themselves as not 'fitting in', or lacking in confidence to breastfeed in public or seek professional advice.
The environment itself was daunting.
