Reminder: Hillary Clinton Officially Launched Her Campaign Six Weeks Ago
Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton greets people as she visits the Kikis Chicken and Waffles restaurant on May 27, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. Hillary Clinton continues to campaign throughout the country for the Democratic nomination.
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesOn April 13, the Hillary Clinton campaign hand-delivered her Statement of Candidacy to the Federal Election Commission. A day earlier she released a video in which she said “I’m running for president.” Based on the headlines that followed (“Hillary Clinton Makes It Official”—the Atlantic; “It’s Official: Hillary Clinton Is Running for President”—Slate; “Hillary Clinton makes it official: She's running”—Des Moines Register; “Hillary Clinton makes Presidential run official”—New Hampshire’s Union Leader) the press seemed to think this was official.
And yet, her campaign announced Monday that she will “officially” launch her presidential campaign with a long-delayed rally on June 13, where she’ll give her “official campaign launch speech.” Several media outlets have also called this the official launch. There will be some differences between the June 13 rally and the campaign so far—chief among the fact that Clinton plans to do sit-down interviews—but there’s still something odd about the idea of a campaign officially launching two months in.