U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand insists that she isn’t interested in running for president, but says she wants Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to seek the job four years from now.

“I am going to be the chairperson of Hillary Clinton 2016,” Gillibrand said with a smile. “I’m hoping that Secretary Clinton runs. I really want to support her candidacy I think she’d make a great president. But we have one election at a time.”

Gillibrand spoke to the Iowa Democratic delegation this morning, the same day that Gov. Andrew Cuomo made his one-day appearance the Democratic National Convention, speaking before his home state’s breakfast.

The Iowa breakfast brought together a number of potential 2016 candidates, including Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.

Gillibrand has explained her experience away, saying that she’s there at the behest of Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin.

She added that the presidential talk is “flattering.”

And while she wants Clinton to run, Gillibrand thinks Cuomo would be a worthy candidate, too.

“He is an extraordinary candidate and he would make a great, great president,” she said.

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