Hillary Clinton Announces She Will Run For President in 2016: 'Americans Need A Champion' [VIDEO]

Hillary Clinton just announced she will be running for President in the 2016 elections. The announcement came first in a tweet (followed by another in Spanish!) with an accompanying video, where she pledged to be a champion for everyday Americans and their families when in her plan to run a grassroots campaign. Hillary believes this campaign is about voters, not her, and urged people to get involved in her campaign saying, “It’s your time.” In addition Clinton explained why she is running, saying, “Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top.” She argued for an economy where “you can do more than just get by, you can get ahead and stay ahead, because when families are strong, America is strong.”

Just like the families in her video who are getting ready for fresh starts, Hillary is preparing her campaign organization. She’s committed to spending the next 6 to 8 weeks in a “ramp up” period where her team will start to build a nation-wide grassroots organization, and she will spend her time engaging directly with voters. She will start with stops in Iowa this week to talk with Iowa voters, ramping up to a campaign kickoff in mid-May.

Hillary Clinton has served as U.S. Secretary of State, Senator from New York, First Lady of the United States and First Lady of Arkansas, but the first thing her friends and family will tell you is that she’s never forgotten where she came from or who she’s been fighting for. From her mother’s own childhood – in which she was abandoned by her parents – to her work going door-to-door for the Children’s Defense Fund to her battling to create the Children’s Health Insurance Program, she’s fought children and families all her career.