User blog comment:Thewritersdiary/Bellarke . . . or Clexa?/@comment-25176701-20151118013724/@comment-26500342-20151118031327

^^ Very true. I've mostly come to terms with that due to the fact that I believe she wanted to get some guidance from an arguably more experienced leader (aka. Lexa) before leading the people into a panic that could potentially end badly. Not only that, but it was shown that many of the people in Lexa's clan still did not trust Clarke and might not have listened to her. It would be in Clarke's best interests to let Lexa know first so that she could direct her people to the best course of action. And her not informing her own people I have justified by the fact that there simply was no time for her to explain herself to multiple people. Remember that she didn't even tell her own mother initially, either.