What is the test for determining whether a judge's decision is based on a "district court's reasoning is self-evident in the record"?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Seeley, 19-4320 (2nd Cir. 2021):

the failure to do so is error" unless the "district court's reasoning is self-evident in the record." United States v. Betts, 886 F.3d 198, 202 (2d Cir. 2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).

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