Ready or Not, Hillary Clinton Hits the Campaign Trail
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks on stage during a ceremony to induct her into the Irish America Hall of Fame on March 16, 2015 in New York City. The Irish America Hall of Fame was founded in 2010 and recognizes exceptional figures in the Irish American community.
Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty ImagesCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Hillary Clinton will hit the campaign trail on Tuesday on her own behalf for the first time in nearly seven years, and she and her team are betting that she won’t be too rusty.
The former secretary of state has spent the past two years in the friendly environs of paid speeches and charity galas, where questions—when she’s gotten them—haven’t been all that pointed, even when they’ve been about her political future and her policy positions. And the results haven’t been memorable or particularly humanizing for a woman who’s been a larger than life figure in the minds of many Americans for the past quarter-century.