The incident involving Mark Penn threatens to put Mrs. Clinton on the defensive over trade, as Mr. Obama's labor backers accuse her of not being tough enough on preventing agreements that they say cost American jobs.
John R. Bolton, the United States under secretary of state for arms control, said, "there were big differences that prevented agreement".
The conflicting positions of the two superpowers prevented agreement on the international control of atomic weapons and energy.
Mr. Clinton, on a political swing through Florida, confirmed in the interview that Jerusalem was the sticking point that prevented agreement at last month's Camp David summit meeting, but he expressed optimism.
This is both the result of coalition enmity, which has prevented agreement being reached on big new ideas, and a cause of it, for the policy vacuum is being filled by political mischief.
French concerns about the heavy-water reactor Iran is building at Arak was one of the factors that prevented agreement at the first round of talks.
When I saw her the next day, she told me, "For Netanyahu to come here with a clear view of preventing an agreement was really inappropriate.
No. Tellingly, the absence of conditions preventing EU agreement was confirmed in a confidential internal memo (DS 1335/13) from the EU Council on 24 February.
There were, however, deep differences between Augustine and the British church that perhaps played a more significant role in preventing an agreement.
But India, which almost prevented an agreement then, decided to strangle it in its infancy instead.
