Hillary Rodham Clinton will finally announce plans to run for the White House in 2016. She is expected to post a video on social media this Sunday.
A source close to her campaign-in-waiting told CNN that she will immediately start traveling to the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Sources also confirmed Clinton’s plans to the New York Times.
Clinton is a former First Lady as wife of President Bill Clinton, but she is also a former U.S. Senator for New York and served as Secretary of State during President Barack Obama’s first term. She ran against Obama in 2008 for the Democratic Party nomination.
Clinton’s announcement is a long-time coming and would immediately make her the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in 2016, if she isn’t already. It also comes as she publishes a paperback edition of Hard Choices, which features a new epilogue. The chapter was just posted on The Huffington Post today.
In the epilogue, Clinton focuses on her granddaughter, Charlotte, and how her generation should have equal opportunities. Clinton, 68, also appears to be outlining potential talking points for her 2016 campaign.
“Becoming a grandmother has made me think deeply about the responsibility we all share as stewards of the world we inherit and will one day pass on. Rather than make me want to slow down, it has spurred me to speed up,” Clinton writes. “As Margaret Mead said, children keep our imaginations fresh and our hearts young, and they drive us to work for a better future.”
So far, the only other major candidates to announce plans to run are members of the Republican party. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz have both launched their campaigns, while Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is expected to do the same this weekend. Of course, Clinton’s announcement would far outshadow Rubio’s speech.
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