Article snippet: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he’d prefer to run for re-election against Joe Biden, suggesting that the former vice president won’t be the ‘‘great candidate’’ Hillary Clinton was in 2016. Trump told NBC’s ‘‘Meet the Press’’ that Clinton was ‘‘very smart. She was very tough. She was ruthless and vicious.’’ Asked if he’d rather face Clinton again, the president said, ‘‘I would actually rather run against Biden’’ because ‘‘Sleepy Joe. He’s sleepy. She was not sleepy.’’ That’s a nickname the president has attempted to hang on Biden for weeks, and Trump has also previously suggested that he’d prefer to face the former vice president in next year’s election. He told reporters before flying to Iowa earlier this month that Biden is ‘‘the weakest mentally and I like running against people that are weak mentally.’’ Biden leads early polls in the crowded field of Democrats seeking their party’s presidential nomination. He’s largely shrugged off Trump’s insults so far, saying while campaigning in Iowa recently, ‘‘I guess he’s really fascinated by me.’’ Trump suggested Sunday that he wasn’t prepared to lose his re-election bid. When asked specifically by ‘‘Meet the Press’’ host Chuck Todd, he responded, ‘‘No. Probably not.’’ ‘‘It would be much better, it would be much better if I said, ‘‘Yeah.’’ It would be much easier for me to say, ‘‘Oh yes,’’ Trump said. ‘‘No, I’m probably not too prepared to lose. I don’t like losing. I haven’t lost very m... Link to the full article to read more