If they say “what do you think i should do” then they get viewed as wishy-washy, not having strong opinions, and trying to change their beliefs to fit popular sentiment.
And I’m not going to even get into this about Clinton’s economic policy vs. supply-side conservative bullshit but there’s a reason one gave us the biggest surplus in history, coupled with a reduction in tax burden on the middle class, proportionally, and an increase in domestic services, while the other cut domestic programs, made the middle class bear a higher percentage of the burden, yet still ended up with the biggest deficit in history.