Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a longtime Hillary Clinton ally, declared earlier this month at the annual Gridiron Dinner that they have stricken the word ‘inevitable’ from Hillary's vocabulary.

There is no doubt about the notion that Hillary Clinton's presidency seems to be inevitable. This year, however, the idea seems to be hard to shake than it did at this point in the 2008 election cycle.

For several months, Clinton made her potential opponents eclipsed for the Democratic nomination in polls taken nationally and in key states.

Polls from early 2007 showed that Clinton had a solid lead over her rivals but one that only occasionally surpassed 20%.

Once Clinton officially enters the race, she will benefit from a campaign infrastructure that has been in the making for years.

The super PAC Ready for Hillary has been organizing grassroots support for her, while Priorities USA, which once supported President Obama, will help fund pro-Clinton advertising.

Meanwhile, there seems to be no Democrat who appears to challenge Clinton’s candidacy this year, as Mr. Obama did in 2007.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said recently on MSNBC, said, “Most years there is the inevitable frontrunner. And that inevitable frontrunner is inevitable right up until he or she is no longer inevitable”.

Chris Krueger, an analyst at Guggenheim Securities, wrote in a market commentary memo earlier this month that they do not view Clinton's support as deep, but rather based on the theory that she will win.

Clinton is sitting in a much stronger position than she was in 2007 at this point, said Veteran Democratic strategist Bob Shrum.

It is expected that Clinton might formally announce her candidacy in April. And once she does, she needs to be ready to clear the policies and ideas that will be the basis of her campaign, Democratic strategist Chris Lehane said to CBS News.