Hillary Clinton to announce White House run

She’s in. With a tweet and a Web video this weekend, Hillary Clinton is expected to announce that she’s running for president. Clinton is then expected to hit the road, making her first stops in Iowa, where she came in third during the 2008 Democratic caucus.
 
Yahoo News and Finance anchor Bianna Golodryga spoke with Washington Post columnist Robert Costa about the challenges facing the former secretary of state, senator and first lady as she begins her battle to win the White House.
 
Costa said the Clinton insiders he’s spoken with tell him that she doesn’t want to have a big announcement. “She wants to be low-key with her announcement and focus on voter interaction,” said Costa. “That’s why it’s a social media enterprise. It’s going to be Twitter, a Web video, Facebook and going to the early primary caucus states to show the voters that she wants to engage with them.”
 
When asked if the recent scandal about her State Department emails would affect her campaign, Costa said that it’s a good thing the scandal happened before her announcement.
 
“Her team feels like they’ve escaped large political fire and fallout,” said Costa. “They’re happy it happened before her launch, and if you look at her poll numbers, they’ve remained stable. She’s taken a bit of a hit, but not a major hit.”
 
There has also been debate about what role former President Clinton will play in his wife’s campaign. Costa said we shouldn’t expect to see that much of President Clinton in the beginning of the campaign.
 
“This is about Secretary Clinton; this is her time to get back into the arena,” said Costa. “President Clinton is popular with Democratic voters and is popular with all Americans, if you look at polls across the country. You can expect for him to be a prominent yet strategically used figure on the campaign trail.”