Hillary 2020?

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better delusional than deplorable.

The strongest indicator yet that Hillary’s mulling a 2020 run? She appeared Wednesday, for the first time ever, on Howard Stern.

There was hardly a pretense she was there to promote the book she co-wrote with daughter Chelsea, long ago a bestseller.

As those who listen to the show know, Stern publicly begged Hillary to appear during the 2016 campaign. After Donald Trump won, Stern said one guest shot could have moved the needle her way.

“If she had come on the show . . .,” Stern mused in May. “The way I helped Donald was I let him come on and be a personality. Whether you liked him or not . . . people related to him as a human being.”

Hillary, it’s clear, was after exactly that — relatability, long her white whale.

One can only ask: Why now, if she has no plans to run yet again?

Sure, it’s possible she just loves being part of the national conversation. But of all the venues such a serious stateswoman could choose, one whose public presentation has been so carefully cultivated over decades, really: Howard Stern?

She hasn’t closed the door on 2020. Just this past weekend, during an appearance on the UK’s “Graham Norton Show,” Hillary said she’d been “deluged” with pleas to run again.

“I’d have to make up my mind really quickly,” she said, “because it’s moving very fast.”

A reference, perhaps, to latecomer Mike Bloomberg?

Stern was an able ally, allowing Hillary to expound on her ability to work across the aisle (despite no signature legislation while serving New York in the US Senate), her support for the Osama bin Laden raid and her role in advising the president, her plans for her first 100 days as president (health care), and her concerns for the future of the country, which felt especially raw during Trump’s inauguration.

“If I had lost to a normal Republican,” Hillary said, “I wouldn’t have a pit in my stomach.”

Given this was Stern — truly one of our best interviewers — we got some gems.

“Contrary to what you may hear, I actually like men,” Hillary said, leading Stern to flat-out ask, “You’ve never had a lesbian affair?”

Amazing. George Stephanopoulos, Chuck Todd, Norah O’Donnell, et al., take notes!

Hillary, laughing, again said no, and went on to discuss everything from her mother’s depression to whether she’s ever been in therapy (no, but marriage counseling post-Lewinsky), to her stiffness in the spotlight (“It’s outside my comfort zone”), to the true charisma that she lacks but that her husband and Obama, she readily admits, have in spades, to her friendship with Mick Jagger (!) and how the deaths of her younger brother and two close friends this year have devastated her.

Even a coughing fit, which became a campaign meme about her ostensibly dire health, didn’t faze Hillary.

“I thought I’d come on and cough some more,” she joked.

Never has Hillary Clinton sounded this relaxed, conversational and, yes, human. She sounded like anyone you may know. None of Howard’s verbiage — “Do you ever just lay in bed and say, ‘F–k this, I’m getting out?’ ” — left her flumm

And who, Howard asked, will she be supporting in 2020?

“Whoever can win,” she said.

It sounds like she thinks that’s her.

In an interview with Variety, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she feels an "urge" to run and beat President Donald Trump.

VARIETY: I know you’re not running for president, but do you ever feel the urge to think: “I could beat Donald Trump if I were running.”

HILLARY CLINTON: Yeah. I certainly feel the urge because I feel the 2016 election was a really odd time and an odd outcome. And the more we learn, the more that seems to be the case. But I’m going to support the people who are running now and do everything I can to help elect the Democratic nominee.

Michael Bloomberg's recent surge in the polls, showing he is a serious candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, virtually guaranteed the former New York City mayor would be subject to increased scrutiny.

That premise began to crystallize last week as Bloomberg's rivals turned up the attacks and he faced a fresh stop and frisk controversy. Yet the threat of a real five-alarm fire for his candidacy may have been diffused when, within hours of an extensive report about Bloomberg's alleged comments and treatment of women, the influential Drudge Report drew eyes toward another story about the billionaire.

"EXCLUSIVE: BLOOMBERG CONSIDERS HILLARY RUNNING MATE," the banner of the highly trafficked website blared in all capital letters on Saturday.

It was quite the scoop for the Drudge Report, founded by the reclusive Matt Drudge, which rose to prominence during the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal in the 1990s. Nowadays, the right-leaning website mainly aggregates other outlets' stories with snappy headlines. But it still puts out the occasional scoop, including one in fall 2018, when another woman came forward to accuse then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.

In the latest exclusive, the Drudge Report stated, sources in Bloomberg's orbit spilled the beans.

"Sources close to Bloomberg campaign tell DRUDGE REPORT that candidate is considering Hillary Clinton as running mate, after their polling found the Bloomberg-Clinton combination would be formidable force," the website said of the developing story. "DRUDGE has learned that Bloomberg himself would go as far as to change his official residence from New York to homes he owns in Colorado or Florida, since the electoral college makes it hard for a POTUS and VPOTUS from the same state."

Team Bloomberg did not deny the story. A spokeswoman for Bloomberg declined to comment on the report when the Washington Examiner reached out.

The revelation about the potential 2020 ticket follows months of the Drudge Report playing up comments the former secretary of state has made in recent months suggesting she is contemplating any sort of rematch against President Trump, who bested her in 2016.

VARIETY: I know you’re not running for president, but do you ever feel the urge to think: “I could beat Donald Trump if I were running.”

HILLARY CLINTON: Yeah. I certainly feel the urge because I feel the 2016 election was a really odd time and an odd outcome. And the more we learn, the more that seems to be the case. But I’m going to support the people who are running now and do everything I can to help elect the Democratic nominee.