Hillary Clinton will start her presidential campaignVin earnest on Monday in Monticello Iowa, but there won't be a gaggle of photographers waiting at the airport. They'll have to watch the exit ramps instead.
The former secretary of state left her Chappaqua, New York manse Sunday afternoon in a van, poised for a 1,046-mile trip to rural Iowa and a series of Hillary sightings.
The former secretary of state left her Chappaqua, New York manse Sunday afternoon in a van, poised for a 1,046-mile trip to rural Iowa and a series of Hillary sightings.
In January 2014 she told a car dealer trade show audience that she hadn't driven a car since her days as first lady, making it likely that Hillary will either ride shotgun or stretch out in the back.
'I have to confess that one of the regrets I have about my public life is that I can't drive anymore,' she said last year in New Orleans.
'Last time I actually drove a car myself was 1996,' she added, 'and I remember it very well.
Unfortunately so does the Secret Service, which is why I haven't driven since then.'
'I have to confess that one of the regrets I have about my public life is that I can't drive anymore,' she said last year in New Orleans.
'Last time I actually drove a car myself was 1996,' she added, 'and I remember it very well.
Unfortunately so does the Secret Service, which is why I haven't driven since then.'
She also has Secret Service protection, with agents taking up positions fore and aft. There are
three vehicles in all.
Clinton's campaign aides tried to keep the down- home mode of transportation a secret, but a college student did them in.
three vehicles in all.
Clinton's campaign aides tried to keep the down- home mode of transportation a secret, but a college student did them in.
'We know at some point she’ll get OJ’ed like the White Bronco,' the staffer said. 'But it’s worth the risk … If she gets mobbed or we have a circus- type scene, that’s one day in an 18-month campaign, and we can deal with it.'
In Monticello, Clinton will participate in what her campaign is calling a 'roundtable with students and educators' on Tuesday at a satellite campus of Kirkwood Community College.
A day later it will be a 'small business roundtable' at Capital City Fruit in the town of Norwalk, south
of Des Moines.
In Monticello, Clinton will participate in what her campaign is calling a 'roundtable with students and educators' on Tuesday at a satellite campus of Kirkwood Community College.
A day later it will be a 'small business roundtable' at Capital City Fruit in the town of Norwalk, south
of Des Moines.
The public will be shut out of both events, and only a handful of reporters will be allowed in.
A Hillary staffer said the boss was calling the shots when it came to travel, saying 'it's her idea.
She loves a road trip and hopes to see people along the way.'
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois beckon en route, with Interstate 80 passing near or through State College – home to Penn State University – and then the Ohio cities of Youngstown, Cleveland and Toledo.
Clinton's Indiana swing will likely take her through South Bend, the hoe of Notre Dame University. From there it's a quick swing past Chicago, on to Daveport, Iowa, and a short jaunt along the back roads to Monticello.
Clinton, a former secretary of state and U.S. senator, made her big announcement Sunday afternoon, leaning on a message of middle-class relief and claiming in a campaign video that America's economy is 'still stacked in favor of
those at the top.'
A Hillary staffer said the boss was calling the shots when it came to travel, saying 'it's her idea.
She loves a road trip and hopes to see people along the way.'
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois beckon en route, with Interstate 80 passing near or through State College – home to Penn State University – and then the Ohio cities of Youngstown, Cleveland and Toledo.
Clinton's Indiana swing will likely take her through South Bend, the hoe of Notre Dame University. From there it's a quick swing past Chicago, on to Daveport, Iowa, and a short jaunt along the back roads to Monticello.
Clinton, a former secretary of state and U.S. senator, made her big announcement Sunday afternoon, leaning on a message of middle-class relief and claiming in a campaign video that America's economy is 'still stacked in favor of
those at the top.'
'Everyday Americans need a champion,' she said, 'and I want to be that champion.'
That pitch is a daring one, given Clinton's wealth. When she left the U.S. State Department in 2013,
her financial disclosure report showed that her combined net worth with her husband was between $5.2 and $25.5 million. Millions more
rolled in when she published her memoirs.
She famously claimed last year that she and former president Bill Clinton were 'dead broke' when they left the White House in 2001 – when they moved into a palatial home in a tree-lined New York City suburb.
That pitch is a daring one, given Clinton's wealth. When she left the U.S. State Department in 2013,
her financial disclosure report showed that her combined net worth with her husband was between $5.2 and $25.5 million. Millions more
rolled in when she published her memoirs.
She famously claimed last year that she and former president Bill Clinton were 'dead broke' when they left the White House in 2001 – when they moved into a palatial home in a tree-lined New York City suburb.
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