Why would you say this? All the polls show Stintz doesn't have a hope in hell, unless absolutely no other serious candidates enter the race. Sure, she bought herself some name recognition with all those billions of our money, but she would lose to Chow, Tory, and quite possibly to Ford too. The only way she'll have an impact is if she's the spoiler who splits the anti-Ford vote and gets him re-elected. Kind of pathetic, really.
I found that I made a mistake: both Chow and Tory are rated ahead of Stintz, at least in the November 2013 polls.
Nevertheless, your statement that "Stintz doesn't have a hope in hell" is incorrect; she trailed Chow and Tory who so far have not declared their candidacy, but trumped Ford or any other declared candidate in the absence of Chow and Tory.
Voting forecast scenarios according to
this story:
Stintz, Ford, Soknacki: Stintz 52%, Ford 33%, Soknacki 14%
Tory added: Tory 41%, Stintz 30%, Ford 22%, Soknacki 7%
Chow added: Chow 44%, Ford 28%, Stinz 22%, Soknacki 7%
Both Chow and Tory added: Chow 36%, Tory 28%, Ford 20%, Stinz 13%, Soknacki 1%
More recent forecasts can be found
here.