Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton seems to foresee a dynastic battle in the 2016 election and is increasingly focusing her criticism on former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Meantime, she is all but ignoring the 16 other Republican presidential candidates, The New York Times reported.

"On Friday, she lambasted Mr. Bush (at the) National Urban League conference in Miami ... On Tuesday night in Denver, she called him 'out of touch,'" the newspaper detailed.

"For Mrs. Clinton, going after Mr. Bush with such gusto offers a debate about policy instead of simply answering persistent questions. ... And attacking Mr. Bush before black leaders, on immigration and on women's health, can only help fire up Mrs. Clinton's core supporters," the Times explained.

The former secretary of state's top aides widely expect Bush to ultimately win the Republican nomination. They fear the brother of former President George W. Bush and son of former President George H.W. Bush, until now, has largely escaped pointed criticism because the public's focus was squarely on real estate mogul turned GOP contender Donald Trump.

Clinton used the recent controversy over Planned Parenthood to go after Bush, who had questioned whether "we need a half a billion dollars for women's health issues," a comment he later rescinded, according to People magazine.

"He's got no problem giving billions of dollars away to super-wealthy and powerful corporations, but I guess women's health just isn't a priority for him," the wife of former President Bill Clinton told ABC News. "This really isn't complicated. When you attack Planned Parenthood, you attack women's health. When you attack women's health, you attack America's health."

Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist who worked on Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign, though, noted that Hillary Clinton's newfound aggressiveness is not just aimed at Bush, but at all GOP hopefuls who have been hammering her during the early campaign.

"For months now, she has been a piñata for the Republicans, the Koch brothers, the press and anyone else who wanted to take a swing," Begala told The New York Times. "Hillary is a great counterpuncher, and I am glad to see her fighting back. Democrats will see she is not from the surrenderist wing of the progressive movement."