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A trailer park in Arkansas should be an option.

Via The Hill

It’s no longer a question of will Hillary Clinton run for president. It’s a question of how she’ll do it.

Clinton is widely expected to announce her second bid for the White House in the next two weeks, which overnight will thrust her nascent political operation into the spotlight.

The former New York senator has been battered with bad press over the last several weeks, with questions raised about donations her family foundation took from foreign nations as well as her decision to not have a government email account while serving as secretary of State.

The 2016 launch gives Clinton a chance to take control of the narrative on her candidacy, and to reintroduce her political brand to the public.

It’s a critically important moment for both Clinton and the Democratic Party, which at this point doesn’t have a strong option in 2016 aside from the former first lady.[…]

Many strategists expect her to release another video in April, but follow it up with a swing through key primary and general election states. Without the obligations in the Senate that tied her up in 2008, she can build off that momentum and work to define her candidacy from the start. […]

Will former President Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton or Hillary Clinton’s new granddaughter make an appearance?

It’s a difficult question for Clinton, given her unique political family.[…]

Clinton shied away from the narrative of becoming the first female president at times in 2008, as close advisors feared an emphasis on her gender could push some voters away.

But she cemented the metaphor of the “18 million cracks” in the glass ceiling during her concession speech in 2008, and that theme has been consistent in her public remarks since she left the State Department.[…]

“You’re likable enough, Hillary,” then-Sen. Obama told her on the campaign trail in 2008.

The dig characterized the biggest knock against Clinton: that more than two decades as American political royalty has left her out of touch with regular people.

That perception plagued her on the campaign trail. Many observers said Clinton was at her best when she let her guard down, as she famously did during a teary eyed moment at a New Hampshire diner in 2008.

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