More Un-Plain Speaking

From Globe campaign reporter Foon Rhee today, a story headlined “Husband's legacy poses a dilemma for Clinton” begins:

It is one of the central challenges of Hillary Clinton's campaign: How to take credit for the accomplishments of her husband's presidency and profit from his popularity while distancing herself from his past and present positions…

Uh-huh.

…many voters do not want to return to what Kettl described as "the drama of the Clinton years."

And what does such “drama” consist of? Don't ask, don't tell. Foon's apparently does not ask and the story does not tell.

Are readers all assumed to all know and agree, so there’s no reason to be specific? Or is Foon deliberately avoiding descriptive words such as “scandal”?