Why does my AWS command work when I run it but doesn't work in root's crontab?

I am trying to sync a backup folder to AWS S3, so I run:

sudo aws s3 sync --delete /var/backup/ s3://ssw-backup-bucket

It asks my ubuntu password and works fine. But if I add it to sudo crontab-e it doesn't sync.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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