From a seemingly endless pool of candidates, Hillary Clinton is now viewed as the "most likely candidate" to emerge as President Barack Obama's successor in 2016.

According to the Daily Mail, the Associated Press conducted poll found that most Americans now insist they see the former Secretary of State and New York Senator as the overall front-runner in taking up residence at the White House. Clinton's surge comes after a rough patch that saw her popularity noticeably slide as she became the direct target of various widespread and targeted attacks.

Among Democrats, a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released earlier this week also found her solidifying her lead within the party, now drawing 49 percent of the vote to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 29 percent. Vice President Joe Biden, who officially announced this week that he will not be a candidate snared 15 percent of the vote. With Biden out of the race, Clinton's numbers rise to a dominant 58 percent of the vote, while Sanders only modestly rises to 33 percent.

As such numbers would suggest, Clinton now also ranks as the most favorable candidate within her party and nine in 10 Democrats now insist they think "it would be possible" for her to emerge victorious in the general election, compared to roughly just 50 percent of voters who feel the same way about Sanders.

Overall, 75 percent of all Americans agree they could see her as the next president, including even two-thirds of all Donald Trump and Ben Carson's Republican supporters.

On top of all her suddenly glowing numbers, Clinton also won widespread praise this week when she not only survived an 11-hour grilling by a Republican led Benghazi committee, but largely walked away unscathed.

"I came here because I said I would," Clinton told the panel. "And I've done everything I know to do, as have the people with whom I worked, to try to answer your questions. I cannot do any more than that."