Republicans slam Hillary Clinton

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Republicans are ready for Hillary Clinton.

Several leading GOP presidential candidates and political figures shared their thoughts about Clinton's expected entry into the 2016 presidential race. A roundup of what the Republicans are saying Sunday:

JEB BUSH

The former Florida governor took a swipe at Clinton on foreign policy, as he tied her to President Obama's agenda.

"We must do better than the Obama-Clinton foreign policy that has damaged relationships with our allies and emboldened our enemies," Bush said in the video released by his Right to Rise PAC. "Better than their failed, big government policies that grow our debt and stand in the way of real economic growth and prosperity."

Bush, who is an all-but-announced presidential candidate, stresses in the video that conservative principles will "grow our economy, put our fiscal house in order and make our great country even stronger."

TED CRUZ

The Texas senator said in a statement that a "Hillary Clinton administration would be no different than an Obama administration.

"Hillary Clinton represents the failed policies of the past and there's going to be a very clear choice to make in 2016: Does America want a third Obama term or are we ready for strong conservative leadership to make America great again," Cruz said.

Cruz charged that Clinton's announcement raises this question: "Is the world a safer place because Hillary Clinton was secretary of State."

His answer? No

SCOTT WALKER

The Wisconsin governor reacted to Clinton's official campaign launch in a series of tweets.

CARLY FIORINA

The former Hewlett-Packard CEO posted a video on her Facebook page that blasted Clinton.

"Hillary Clinton is a highly intelligent woman, hardworking, she's dedicated her life to public service. But unfortunately, she does not have a track record of accomplishment or transparency," Fiorina said. "She's not the woman for the White House."

MIKE HUCKABEE

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee says he knows a thing or two about running against a Clinton. In an interview on ABC's This Week, Huckabee said he felt every race he had in Arkansas was "against their machinery" since Bill and Hillary Clinton always helped his opponents.

"Now to be fair, as Michael Corleone would have said, it wasn't personal. It was just business, but it was tough business," Huckabee said. "And you know the Clintons very well. They play to win, and anyone who thinks that she's going to get into this halfheartedly, well, they've never encountered the will, the spirit, the heart and the determination of the Clinton political machinery."

Huckabee, who said he'll decide this spring on a presidential campaign, said Clinton will "have to explain how she's not going to be Obama's third term."

 RAND PAUL

"I think the thing is about the Clintons is that there's a certain sense that they think they're above the law," said Paul, who became an official candidate last week, on NBC's Meet the Press. "I think there's also this grand hypocrisy for the Clintons in the sense that we've got this whole thing, this war on women thing that they like to talk about. And yet Hillary Clinton has taken money from countries (where) rape victims are publicly lashed."

Paul was referring to donations from Saudi Arabia to the Clinton Foundation.

Appearing on CNN's State of the Union, Paul said Clinton's response to the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya will be an issue as well as her reactions to Syria and the growing threat of the Islamic State.

The Kentucky senator, who has been criticized for losing his temper in TV interviews, said he would treat Clinton with "respect" if they share the same stage.

"I would treat her with the same respect that I would treat a man, but I wouldn't lay down," he said on CNN. "That would be a sexist sort of response to say, oh my goodness, she deserves not to be treated as aggressively, because she's only a woman."

LINDSEY GRAHAM

The South Carolina senator, one of the fiercest critics of Obama's foreign policy, said Clinton will have a challenge in the campaign to make a distinction with the president on foreign policy and on health care.

"She empowered a failed foreign policy," said Graham, adding Clinton needs to "make a case that she's different" from President Obama. "The reason why 20 Republicans are running is all of us think we can beat her."

Graham said he's not yet heard clear policy statements from Clinton, with whom he served in the U.S. Senate. "Trying to find out what she believes in is like nailing Jell-O to the wall."

REINCE PRIEBUS

The Republican National Committee chairman is as big of a critic as anyone when it comes to Clinton and her policies, but concedes she's good for his business.

"She is losing to a number of candidates in those battleground states that have a third of her name ID," Priebus said on CBS's Face the Nation, referring to recent Quinnipiac polls in swing states.

"So if you were me and you were chairman of the national party and you had someone on the ticket that would unite your party, would help you raise a lot of money and help you recruit a ton of volunteers, you would want nothing more than Hillary Clinton to be on the other side," he said.

MITT ROMNEY

On Fox News Sunday, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee echoed Paul's theme that Clinton "is just not trustworthy."

"This whole story about her having erased all of her emails even though they were subject to recall and review by Congress ... I think that's made people remember that with the Clintons it's always something," Romney said before criticizing Hillary Clinton's years in Washington as secretary of State, U.S. senator and first lady.

"She's been there a long time. She's a creature of Washington," Romney said. "I think people want to see change, want to see something new and Hillary Clinton is just not that person."

On her term as the nation's top diplomat, Romney argued that Clinton will be challenged on foreign policy issues because she is tied to President Obama. "The Clinton-Barack Obama foreign policy has really been a bust," he said. "It's going to come back to be once again an issue that dogs her throughout the campaign."