Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign

The 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, the 67th Secretary of State, former First Lady, and former United States Senator from New York, was announced via a YouTube video on April 12, 2015. A presidential candidate in 2008, her candidacy in the 2016 election was her second bid for the presidency. She was widely seen as the front runner for the Democratic nomination, although she faced several challengers, especially Bernie Sanders.

On November 9, 2016, after the presidential election, Hillary Clinton had lost to Donald Trump at the U.S. Electoral College.

Background

According to nationwide opinion polls in early 2015, Clinton was the front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. She did face other several primary election challengers. A Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll in mid-August 2015 showed Senator Bernie Sanders with a 44-37 lead over Clinton in the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire.Brett LoGiurato - "Bernie Sanders surges ahead of Hillary Clinton in Stunning New 2016 Poll", Business Insider, August 12, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-12 And, in August 2015, Vice President Joe Biden was reported to be seriously considering a possible challenge to Clinton.Jonathan Martin and Amy Chozickaug - "Joe Biden Wades Further Into ’16 Bid", New York Times, August 13, 2015.

On July 22, 2016, Clinton announced Virginia United States senator Tim Kaine as her running mate.

Announcement
The Clinton campaign had planned a delayed announcement, possibly as late as July 2015. Her team decided to make the announcement earlier because of publicity about Clinton's use of a private email server while Secretary of State. Clinton made her official announcement on the following Sunday, April 12, 2015.

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