Here is what to ask Hillary Clinton tonight

A Republican with as many flip-flops, conflicts of interest and scandals as Hillary Clinton would likely be out of the presidential race — or would never have run in the first place. At the very least the first debate would be a forum to grill that problematic candidate. I am dubious Clinton will receive anything approaching that treatment at the debate tonight. We hope her opponents put her feet to the fire and CNN's Anderson Cooper formulates specific, probing questions that do not permit her to filibuster, but let's not count on it. Let's see how many of these questions are asked, and whether the moderator asks follow-up questions to pin her down:

You said dozens of times the Trans-Pacific Partnership was the 'gold standard.' Now you oppose it. Have you read the entire deal? Other than political expediency, why have you flip-flopped? Was NAFTA a mistake too?

Job growth has slowed again. Do you think we need higher taxes and more regulation or less to create more jobs? What pro-growth measure do you support that does not entail more government spending?

There is no evidence from government studies that the Keystone XL Pipeline is environmentally harmful. Why do you now oppose it?

What evidence do you have that subsidizing 'green jobs' is economically productive? Why, for example, should a taxpayer making $50,000 a year subsidize a Tesla buyer? Was Solyndra a warning about the perils of government picking winners and losers?

You have said the Russian reset was worth it. Do you still think so? What went wrong?

Was the failure to act decisively and early to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a grave foreign policy error? If we had, would the Islamic State have taken root? Would there be millions of refugees? Given how many wars are going on in the Middle East, allies' open expressions of concern about our reliability, Russia's aggression in Syria and Ukraine, Iran's continued support for terror, China's territorial expansionism and the vast expansion of the Islamic State, how did your foreign policy work out? What went wrong? Which part are you responsible for?

Is the FBI engaged in a partisan witch hunt, or are there grounds to investigate how you and your advisers handled classified materials? If you are named an unindicted co-conspirator, will you drop out of the race?

Did you lie when you said there was no classified material on the server? Did you forward classified material to others who did not have the appropriate clearance?

You have said that what you did was allowed. Who allowed it? Did you ask permission? Former secretaries of state Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright have said they would not permit such an email set up. Would you have allowed Iran to keep its nuclear infrastructure? Obtain 10-year sunset? Get relief from the ban on conventional weapons?

Jennifer Rubin writes for the Right Turn blog at the Washington Post.