Hillary Clinton Campaign Outlines Plans For Fundraising and First Big Speech

Hillary Clinton’s campaign aides knocked down speculation that they’re aiming to raise $2 billion for the primary and general elections, saying the total they expect to need to win the White House is closer to the $1 billion that President Barack Obama needed to win reelection in 2012.

The $2 billion number has cropped up in occasional news reports but, as they briefed reporters at campaign headquarters in Brooklyn on Thursday, senior campaign officials said the dollar amount necessary to run a successful campaign is likely to be about half of that. And campaign staff said they don't expect to hit the $2 billion mark even with the fundraising of outside groups supporting Clinton, such as Priorities USA. Clinton herself had previously said in a New York fundraiser that the number was an overestimate.The only concrete fundraising goal is to raise $100 million in primary money in 2015, one official said. That number is on track with what Obama raised in 2007.