Clinton starts primary campaign in Iowa
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HILLARY Rodham Clinton is making her 2016 United States presidential campaign debut in Iowa at a small-town gathering, part of a concerted effort to tamp down big expectations and hold personal “conversations” with voters.
Seeking to become America’s first female president, Clinton announced her candidacy in a video posted online on Sunday and left by van on a trip from her New York home to Iowa, the Midwestern state whose caucuses kick off the long, state-by-state nomination contest.
Yesterday she was set to tour a community college and hold a round-table discussion with students and teachers in the town of Monticello.
“I won’t take anything for granted. I’m going to work my heart out to earn every single vote,” she said in a fundraising e-mail to supporters on Monday.
The former first lady, senator and secretary of state appears unlikely to face a formidable Democratic opponent, unlike in 2008 when she lost the nomination to Barack Obama.
Should she win the nomination, Clinton would face the winner of a crowded Republican primary field that could feature as many as two dozen candidates. Three Republican senators have already entered the race — Marco Rubio of Florida, Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky.
Clinton is taking a low-key approach to fundraising, forgoing the celebrity events that marked her husband’s presidency. Instead, her initial appeals will be for small-dollar donations collected over the Internet instead of at swanky blowouts.
Advisers have set a modest goal of raising US$100 million for the primary campaign and will not initially accept donations for the general election.
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