The potential candidates have already sought to stake out their positions on key foreign-policy issues, with early Republican frontrunner Jeb Bush, for example, delivering a speech devoted entirely to the topic. As for the Democrats, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's likely nomination (despite recent revelations that she used her personal email account to conduct government business) reinforces foreign policy's centrality to the election.
潜在候选人已开始在关键外交政策上表明立场，比如，早期共和党领跑者杰布·布什（Jeb Bush）专门就此话题做了一次演讲。在民主党方面，前国务卿希拉里·克林顿可能获得提名（尽管最新曝光表明她使用个人电子邮件账户处理公事），这进一步加强了外交政策在大选中的关键性。