Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton announced Sunday that she is running for president in 2016.
The former secretary of state made the long-awaited announcement in a video posted on her new campaign website.
I'm running for president. Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion. -H https://t.co/w8Hoe1pbtC
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 12, 2015
"I'm running for president," Clinton says in the video. "Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times, but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top. Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion so you can do more than just get by. You can get ahead and stay ahead. Because when families are strong, America is strong."
"So I’m hitting the road to earn your vote, because it’s your time. And I hope you’ll join me on this journey."Watch Clinton's campaign announcement video below and see Ed Henry react on "America's News Headquarters" above.
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is a former United States Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady of the United States. From 2009 to 2013, she was the 67th Secretary of State, serving under President Barack Obama. Mrs Clinton, who also served as a senator for New York, ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 but lost to Barack Obama.
The overwhelming Democratic favourite, she has been expected to declare her candidacy for months.
Mrs Clinton was also first lady when her husband Bill Clinton was president.
Hillary Clinton would be a good political partner for New Zealand if she became the US president, Prime Minister John Key says.
The former First Lady and US Secretary of State officially announced she would run for the White House this morning, after mounting speculation she would make a bid for the Democratic Party's nod in 2016.
Mr Key said if successful, Mrs Clinton would make a good political partner for New Zealand.
"It would be [good for New Zealand] in the sense that she knows New Zealand," he said on Paul Henry this morning.
"I've met her on lots of occasions, had dinner with her at Premier House a few times.
"As Secretary of State she was great, very engaged with New Zealand, very knowledgeable."
Mrs Clinton had "a very, very good chance" of winning, he said.
"She's got massive credentials, [she's] well known," he said.
"[She's] been there before, a lot of people thought she would get through the last time, but it's just so hard to know. You've got the Democrats essentially owning the White House for a long time now, anything's possible."
But it could be a "fascinating battle" between two of the US's biggest political family dynasties, Mr Key said, with Mrs Clinton confirmed as a candidate and former President George W Bush's brother Jeb Bush likely to announce he's running for the Republican nomination.
Mrs Clinton made her announcement this morning via Twitter and a video on YouTube.
She tweeted: "I'm running for president. Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion."
Mr Key's comment follow Mr Obama's endorsement of his former Secretary of State at a regional summit in Panama on Saturday.
"She was a formidable candidate in 2008. She was a great supporter of mine in the general election. She was an outstanding Secretary of State. She is my friend," Mr Obama said.
"I think she would be an excellent president."
Mrs Clinton was last in New Zealand in November 2010, as part of her tour of Asia-Pacific countries in her role as US Secretary of State.
Over three days she visited Wellington and Christchurch, offering US support following the Canterbury earthquakes and reiterating US-NZ ties in trade, defence and the environment.
She signed the Wellington Declaration with Foreign Minister Murray McCully, to signal closer relations between New Zealand and the United States, with an increase in the strategic partnership between the two nations.
Key things to know about Hillary Clinton
The brief
As first lady to President Bill Clinton during the 1990s, she was a driving figure in a failed health care overhaul and lived through multiple ethics investigations and her husband's impeachment. She won a Senate seat representing New York in 2000 and ran for the president in 2008, losing the nomination to Barack Obama. She was his secretary of state for four years. No woman has been a major party's presidential nominee or been elected president.Resume review
Lawyer, senator, diplomat. In Arkansas, she was a lawyer at a top firm while Bill Clinton was governor. She advised her husband after he won the White House in 1992. In the Senate, she struck a bipartisan tone at times. Her Senate vote for the 2002 Iraq invasion became a point of contention in 2008; Obama had spoken out against the "dumb war." At the State Department, she was a hawkish member of Obama's national security team. She helped set the foundation for nuclear talks with Iran.Personal story
The daughter of a small-business owner and homemaker, Clinton grew up in suburban Chicago. As a senior at Wellesley College, she delivered a 1969 commencement speech that earned national attention. At Yale Law School, she met Bill Clinton. After working as a child advocate, Clinton followed her future husband back to Arkansas, where he launched his political career. The couple's 35-year-old daughter, Chelsea Clinton, gave birth to her first child, Charlotte, in September.Calling card moment
A 1995 address in Beijing and her final campaign event in 2008 are signature moments. As first lady, Clinton declared in a speech at a UN conference on women that "human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights." The speech challenged human rights abuses of women and helped set the tone for Clinton's work years later in the State Department. Her 2008 speech, delivered after Obama locked up the nomination, told supporters they had made "18 million cracks" in the glass ceiling, denoting the number of primary votes she won. It left the impression of unfinished business and the potential for a woman eventually to win the White House. Her critics remember her for blaming her husband's scandals on a "vast right wing conspiracy."Early campaign action
Clinton has signalled that she intends to make a major push in the Iowa caucuses, won by Obama in 2008. Her team has hired a former top aide to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to lead her Iowa campaign. Her ties to New Hampshire are much stronger. State Democrats remember Bill Clinton's surprising second-place finish in the 1992 primary that helped him overcome charges of draft dodging and womanising. Hillary Clinton surprised Obama by winning the 2008 New Hampshire primary.Reading list
Clinton wrote Hard Choices, about her time as secretary of state, and promoted the book around the country in 2014. The book generated mediocre sales and Clinton stumbled at times during the book tour, saying in one interview that she and her husband were "dead broke" when they left the White House. While they faced large legal bills from the Whitewater investigation, the couple made millions after Bill Clinton's presidency; the comments were considered tone-deaf. Clinton already was a publishing powerhouse at that point. Her 2003 book, Living History, sold more than 1 million copies. During her husband's presidency, she released It Takes a Village in 1996, a book that discussed her work in child advocacy and steps to help children become productive adults. Other books: Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets, in 1998, and An Invitation to the White House: At Home with History, in 2000.Online and social media
Twitter: @hillaryclintonFacebook: Hillary Clinton
I’m running for president. Everyday Americans need a champion. And I want to be that champion. -Hhttp://hillaryclinton.com/join/
Posted by Hillary Clinton on Sunday, April 12, 2015
10 important dates in her own words
Here in Hillary Clinton's own words are 10 of the most important events leading up to her biggest challenge yet.- 1947: Birth -
Hillary Diane Rodham was born in Chicago on October 26, to a middle-class suburban family."I was born an American in the middle of the twentieth century, a fortunate time and place. I was free to make choices unavailable to past generations of women in my own country and inconceivable to many women in the world today." - Clinton in her memoir Living History
- 1969: Yale -
Clinton enrolled at prestigious Yale Law School where she would meet her future husband Bill Clinton in the spring of 1971. The couple married in Arkansas in 1975."So I stood up from the desk, walked over to him and said, 'If you're going to keep looking at me, and I'm going to keep looking back, we might as well be introduced. I'm Hillary Rodham.' That was it. The way Bill tells the story, he couldn't remember his own name." - Clinton in her memoir Living History
- 1978: Arkansas -
Bill Clinton was elected governor of Arkansas, making Hillary Rodham the state's first lady. Yielding to pressure, she agreed to take Bill's last name several years later."I decided it was more important for Bill to be governor again than for me to keep my maiden name. So when Bill announced his run for another term on Chelsea's second birthday, I began calling myself Hillary Rodham Clinton." - Clinton in her memoir Living History
- 1995: Beijing -
As US first lady, Clinton spoke at the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, where she delivered her now famous line, which she still evokes 20 years on."Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights." - Clinton at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women plenary session
- 1998: Lewinsky -
Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky captivated national attention. Hillary Clinton initially believed his denial and supported her husband publicly."Bill and I have been accused of everything, including murder, by some of the very same people who are behind these allegations. So from my perspective, this is part of the continuing political campaign against my husband," - Clinton in an NBC Today Show interview
- 2000: Senator -
Clinton is easily elected to the US Senate two months before she and Bill left the White House."Why the Senate and why New York and why me? And all I can say is that I care deeply about the issues that are important in this state, that I've already been learning about and hearing about." - Clinton tells reporters in Davenport, New York in 1999
- 2002: War in Iraq -
Senator Clinton voted to authorize president George W. Bush to use military force against Saddam Hussein in Iraq. It's a vote she will later say she came to regret."I take the president at his word that he will try hard to pass a United Nations resolution and seek to avoid war, if possible." - Clinton on the Senate floor
- 2008: Primaries -
Clinton entered the Democratic presidential primary race in January 2007 and was favored to win. However she was beaten 17 months later by fellow senator Barack Obama."Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it." - Clinton tells supporters conceding defeat
- 2009: Secretary of State -
Clinton takes on the role of US top diplomat, visiting 112 countries as Secretary of State, including a historic trip to Burma in which she met opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi."I believe with all my heart that this is a new era for America," - Clinton on her first day as secretary of state
- 2012: Benghazi -
Four Americans including the ambassador were killed in attacks on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012. Clinton testified in January 2013 in tense hearings before lawmakers on the attacks."As I have said many times, I take responsibility, and nobody is more committed to getting this right." - Clinton at Senate hearing
Thank you for reaching out to us. We are happy to receive your opinion and request. If you need advert or sponsored post, We’re excited you’re considering advertising or sponsoring a post on our blog. Your support is what keeps us going. With the current trend, it’s very obvious content marketing is the way to go. Banner advertising and trying to get customers through Google Adwords may get you customers but it has been proven beyond doubt that Content Marketing has more lasting benefits.
We offer majorly two types of advertising:
1. Sponsored Posts: If you are really interested in publishing a sponsored post or a press release, video content, advertorial or any other kind of sponsored post, then you are at the right place.
WHAT KIND OF SPONSORED POSTS DO WE ACCEPT?
Generally, a sponsored post can be any of the following:
Press release
Advertorial
Video content
Article
Interview
This kind of post is usually written to promote you or your business. However, we do prefer posts that naturally flow with the site’s general content. This means we can also promote artists, songs, cosmetic products and things that you love of all products or services.
DURATION & BONUSES
Every sponsored article will remain live on the site as long as this website exists. The duration is indefinite! Again, we will share your post on our social media channels and our email subscribers too will get to read your article. You’re exposing your article to our: Twitter followers, Facebook fans and other social networks.
We will also try as much as possible to optimize your post for search engines as well.
Submission of Materials : Sponsored post should be well written in English language and all materials must be delivered via electronic medium. All sponsored posts must be delivered via electronic version, either on disk or e-mail on Microsoft Word unless otherwise noted.
PRICING
The price largely depends on if you’re writing the content or we’re to do that. But if your are writing the content, it is $60 per article.
2. Banner Advertising: We also offer banner advertising in various sizes and of course, our prices are flexible. you may choose to for the weekly rate or simply buy your desired number of impressions.
Technical Details And Pricing
Banner Size 300 X 250 pixels : Appears on the home page and below all pages on the site.
Banner Size 728 X 90 pixels: Appears on the top right Corner of the homepage and all pages on the site.
Large rectangle Banner Size (336x280) : Appears on the home page and below all pages on the site.
Small square (200x200) : Appears on the right side of the home page and all pages on the site.
Half page (300x600) : Appears on the right side of the home page and all pages on the site.
Portrait (300x1050) : Appears on the right side of the home page and all pages on the site.
Billboard (970x250) : Appears on the home page.
Submission of Materials : Banner ads can be in jpeg, jpg and gif format. All materials must be deliverd via electronic medium. All ads must be delivered via electronic version, either on disk or e-mail in the ordered pixel dimensions unless otherwise noted.
For advertising offers, send an email with your name,company, website, country and advert or sponsored post you want to appear on our website to advert @ alexa. ng
Normally, we should respond within 48 hours.