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{{Infobox U.S. federal election campaign
| committee = Hillary for America
| logo  = [[File:Clinton Kaine.svg|235px|alt=Clinton Kaine]]
| logo_alt  = Logo/sticker for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine's presidential campaign in 2016
| campaign  = [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2016 Democratic primaries]]<br />[[2016 United States presidential election|2016 U.S. presidential election]] 
| candidate = {{unbulleted list
| '''[[Hillary Clinton]]'''
| 67th [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] 
| ''(2009–2013)''
| '''[[Tim Kaine]]'''
| [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Virginia]]
| ''(2013–present)'' }}
| cand_id = P00003392
| affiliation = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]
| status  = {{unbulleted list
| Announced: April 12, 2015
| Official launch: June 13, 2015
| Presumptive nominee: June 6, 2016
| Official nominee: July 26, 2016
| Lost election: November 8, 2016}}
| headquarters = {{unbulleted list
| 1 Pierrepont Plaza
| [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]<ref name="Debenedetti2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/hillary-clinton-campaign-headquarters-brooklyn-116649 |title=Hillary Clinton's Brooklyn |work=[[Politico]] |date=April 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202183116/http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/hillary-clinton-campaign-headquarters-brooklyn-116649 |archive-date=December 2, 2015 |url-status=live |first1=Gabriel |last1=Debenedetti |first2=Annie |last2=Karni |quote=Clinton's staffers... setting up... at 1&nbsp;Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn Heights. }}</ref>}}
| key_people = {{unbulleted list
| [[John Podesta]] (chair)
| [[Huma Abedin]] (vice chair)
| [[Robby Mook]] (manager)
| [[Joel Benenson]] (chief strategist)
| [[Jim Margolis]] (media strategist)
| [[Jennifer Palmieri]] (communications director)
| [[Brian Fallon (press secretary)|Brian Fallon]] (press secretary)
| [[Stephanie Hannon]] (technology)
| [[Amanda Renteria]] (national political director)
| [[Marc Elias]] (general counsel)
| Nick Merrill (spokesperson)<ref name="Keith2015">{{cite news|first=Tamara |last=Keith |title=The 13 Questions Hillary Clinton Has Answered From The Press |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/13/406250488/the-13-questions-hillary-clinton-has-answered-from-the-press |archive-date=December 14, 2015 |publisher=[[NPR]] |work=It's All Politics |date=May 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214202128/http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/13/406250488/the-13-questions-hillary-clinton-has-answered-from-the-press |url-status=live }}</ref>
| [[Dennis Cheng]] (national finance director)<ref name="asktheultrarichclinton">{{cite news |last1=Chozick |first1=Amy |last2=Martin |first2=Jonathan |title=Where Has Hillary Clinton Been? Ask the Ultrarich |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/us/politics/hillary-clinton-fundraising.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 3, 2016 |quote=The campaign's finance team is led by Dennis Cheng, previously the chief fund-raiser for the Clinton Foundation, and it employs a couple dozen staff members. Mr. Cheng, who attends the events with Mrs. Clinton, offers donors a number of contribution options that provide them and their families varying levels of access to Mrs. Clinton.}}</ref>}}
| receipts  = 585699061.27
| receipts_footnote = <ref>{{cite web |title=Committee/Candidate Details |url=https://beta.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00003392/?election_full=true&cycle=2016|publisher=[[Federal Election Commission]] |access-date=February 20, 2017|date= December 31, 2016 |format=Hillary for America (C00575795)}}</ref>
| fec_date  = December 31, 2016
| slogan  = {{Unbulleted list|[[File:Stronger Together image.png|115px|alt=Stronger Together]]|[[File:I'm With Her.gif|100px|alt=I'm With Her]]|[[File:Fighting for us.jpg|100px|alt=Fighting for us]]|[[File:Love trumps hate.png|100px|alt=Love trumps hate]]}}
| themesong = {{Unbulleted list|"[[Fight Song (Rachel Platten song)|Fight Song]]" by [[Rachel Platten]]|"[[Roar (Katy Perry song)|Roar]]" by [[Katy Perry]]|"[[Brave (Sara Bareilles song)|Brave]]" by [[Sara Bareilles]]|"Stronger Together" by [[Jessica Sanchez]]|"[[Rise Up (Andra Day song)|Rise Up]]" by [[Andra Day]]}}
| chant  =
| successor = [[Onward Together]]
| website = {{URL|hillaryclinton.com}}
}}
{{Hillary Clinton series}}
{{Tim Kaine series}}

[[Hillary Clinton]] is an American politician from the state of New York who was the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party's]] 2016 nominee for president of the United States. Clinton is the first woman in U.S. history to be nominated for president of the United States by a major political party. She was defeated in the 2016 general election by Republican [[Donald Trump]].

The '''2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton''' was announced in a [[YouTube]] video on April 12, 2015.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uY7gLZDmn4 |title=Getting Started |first=Hillary |last=Clinton |date=April 12, 2015 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Clinton was the [[List of secretaries of state of the United States|67th]] [[United States Secretary of State]] and served during the first term of the [[Obama administration]], from 2009 to 2013. She was previously a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[New York (state)|New York]] from 2001 to 2009, and is the wife of former President [[Bill Clinton]]. Hillary Clinton served as [[First Lady of the United States]] from 1993 to 2001.

Clinton's main competitor in the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2016 Democratic primary election]] was Vermont Senator [[Bernie Sanders]]. She received the most support from middle aged and older voters, as well as from African-American, Latino and older female voters. She focused her platform on several issues, including expanding racial, [[LGBT]], and women's rights, raising wages and ensuring equal pay for women, and improving healthcare. The [[Associated Press]] declared Clinton the [[presumptive nominee]] of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] after she reached the required number of delegates (including both pledged delegates and [[superdelegate]]s) on June 6, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4c9c850385c84b12ad5b85fda49743f9/after-weekend-wins-clinton-cusp-democratic-nomination |title=AP count: Clinton has delegates to win Democratic nomination |publisher=Associated Press |date=June 6, 2016 |access-date=November 22, 2016 |archive-date=May 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501203536/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4c9c850385c84b12ad5b85fda49743f9/after-weekend-wins-clinton-cusp-democratic-nomination |url-status=dead }}</ref> Clinton announced that U.S. Senator [[Tim Kaine]] of Virginia would be her [[2016 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection|vice presidential]] running mate on July 22.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Amy |last1=Chozick |first2=Alan |last2=Rappaport |first3=Jonathan |last3=Martin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/us/politics/tim-kaine-hillary-clinton-vice-president.html |title=Hillary Clinton Selects Tim Kaine, a Popular Senator From a Swing State, as Running Mate |date=July 23, 2016 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Clinton and Kaine were nominated at the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]] on July 26.<ref>{{cite news |first=Nolan D. |last=McCaskill |date=July 26, 2016 |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-kicks-off-roll-call-vote-to-nominate-clinton-226239 |title=Hillary Clinton breaks the glass ceiling |work=Politico}}</ref>

Clinton lost [[2016 United States presidential election|the general election]] to Republican [[Donald Trump]] on November 9, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton concedes|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/08/politics/election-day-2016-highlights/index.html|work=CNN|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 9, 2016 |title=2016 Election: Donald Trump Wins the White House in Upset |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna679936 |website=NBC News}}</ref> Clinton's narrow losses in the [[Blue wall (U.S. politics)|blue wall states]] of [[Michigan]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[Wisconsin]] were considered key to her defeat.

== Background information ==

=== Post-2008 primary election campaign ===
As soon as Clinton ended her [[Hillary Clinton presidential primary campaign, 2008|2008 Democratic presidential primary election campaign]] and conceded to Barack Obama, there was talk of her running again in 2012 or 2016.<ref>{{cite web |first=Taegan |last=Goddard |url=http://theweek.com/article/index/256781/did-hillary-clinton-ever-stop-running-for-president |title=Did Hillary Clinton ever stop running for president? |work=[[The Week]] |date=February 21, 2014}}</ref> After she ended her tenure as Secretary of State in 2013, speculation picked up sharply, particularly when she listed her occupation on social media as "TBD". In the meantime, Clinton earned over $11 million giving 51 paid speeches to various organizations, including [[Goldman Sachs]] and other [[Wall Street]] banks.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clintons-earn-more-than-25-million-in-speaking-fees-since-january-2014/2015/05/15/52605fbe-fb4d-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html |title=Clintons have made more than $25 million for speaking since January 2014 |date=May 15, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |last1=Gold |first1=Matea |last2=Helderman |first2=Rosalind S. |last3=Gearan |first3=Anne}}</ref> The speeches, and Clinton's not releasing their transcripts, would be raised as an issue by her opponents during the upcoming primary<ref>{{cite news|work=The New York Times|title=Hillary Clinton's Paid Speeches to Wall Street Animate Her Opponents|first1=Nicholas |last1=Confessore |first2=Jason |last2=Horowitz|date=January 21, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/us/politics/in-race-defined-by-income-gap-hillary-clintons-wall-street-ties-incite-rivals.html}}</ref> and general election campaigns.<ref>{{cite news|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/politics/hillary-clinton-speeches-wikileaks.html|date=October 7, 2016|title=Leaked Speech Excerpts Show a Hillary Clinton at Ease With Wall Street|first1=Amy |last1=Chozick |first2=Nicholas |last2=Confessore |first3=Michael |last3=Barbaro}}</ref> In October 2016, [[WikiLeaks|leaked excerpts]] from a Goldman Sachs Q&A session cast doubts about her support for the 2010 [[Dodd–Frank]] financial oversight legislation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/us/politics/wikileaks-hack-hillary-clinton-emails.html |title=Hacked Transcripts Reveal a Genial Hillary Clinton at Goldman Sachs Events |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first1=Amy |last1=Chozick |first2=Nicholas |last2=Confessore |date=October 15, 2016 |access-date=November 14, 2016 |quote=Most strikingly, Mrs. Clinton did not defend the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial oversight legislation, a major achievement of President Obama and congressional Democrats in the wake of the crisis—and a target of Wall Street lobbying ever since. Instead, Mrs. Clinton suggested that it had been passed for "political reasons" by lawmakers panicked by their angry constituents.}}</ref>

Anticipating a future run, a "campaign-in-waiting" began to take shape in 2014, including a large [[Political campaign financing|donor network]], experienced [[Political consulting|operatives]], the [[Ready for Hillary]] and [[Priorities USA Action]] campaign [[political action committees]] (PACs), and other [[Political campaign staff|campaign infrastructure]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://time.com/933/can-anyone-stop-hillary/ |title=Can Anyone Stop Hillary? |last=Von Drehle |first=David |magazine=Time |date=January 27, 2014}}</ref>

By September 2013, amid continual political and media speculation, Clinton said she was considering a run but was in no hurry to decide.<ref name="cnn-run">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/22/politics/hillary-clinton-magazine-interview/ |title=Hillary Clinton on possible presidency: 'I'm realistic' |last=Carter |first=Chelsea J. |work=CNN|date=September 23, 2013}}</ref> In late 2013, Clinton told [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s [[Barbara Walters]] that she would "look carefully at what I think I can do and make that decision sometime next year";<ref>{{cite news |first=Cheryl K. |last=Chumley |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/19/hillary-clinton-ill-announce-2014-if-im-running/ |title=Hillary Clinton: I'll announce in 2014 if I'm running |work=[[The Washington Times]] |date=December 19, 2013}}</ref> and told ABC's [[Diane Sawyer]] in June 2014 that she would "be on the way to making a decision before the end of the year."<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Good |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-reveals-2016-timetable-shell-testify-benghazi/story?id=24036584 |title=Hillary Clinton Reveals 2016 Timetable, Won't Say Whether She'll Testify On Benghazi |work=[[ABC News]] |date=June 8, 2014}}</ref>

=== Decision-making process ===
While many political analysts came to assume during this time that Clinton would run, she took a long time to make the decision.<ref name="ap-decision">{{cite news |url= http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a5a12258747440d3b22b5e50fae2b932/clintons-decision-long-road-second-campaign |title= Clinton's second act: Her long road to 2016 decision |first= Julie |last= Pace |work= The Big Story |agency= Associated Press |date= April 13, 2015 |access-date= April 15, 2015 |archive-date= July 23, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150723020742/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a5a12258747440d3b22b5e50fae2b932/clintons-decision-long-road-second-campaign |url-status= dead }}</ref> While Clinton said she spent much of the two years following her tenure, as Secretary of State, thinking about the possibility of running for president again, she was also noncommittal about the prospect, and appeared to some as reluctant to experience again the unpleasant aspects of a major political campaign.<ref name="pol-decision">{{cite news |url= http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/hillary-clinton-2016-announcement-slow-walk-to-yes-116887.html |title= Hillary Clinton's slow walk to 'yes' |first1=Glenn |last1=Thrush |first2= Annie |last2=Karni |first3= Gabriel |last3= Debenedetti |work= Politico |date= April 12, 2015}}</ref> Those around her were split in their opinions, reportedly, with Bill Clinton said to be the most in favor of her running again, [[Chelsea Clinton]] leaning towards it, but several of her closest aides against it.<ref name="ap-decision"/><ref name="pol-decision"/> She reportedly studied Obama's 2008 campaign to see what had gone right for Obama as compared to her own campaign.<ref name="pol-decision"/> Not until December 2014, around the time of the Clintons' annual winter vacation in the [[Dominican Republic]], did she say she decided for sure that she would indeed run again.<ref name="ap-decision"/><ref name="pol-decision"/>

=== Expectations ===
According to [[Nationwide opinion polling for the Democratic Party 2016 presidential primaries|nationwide opinion polls]] in early 2015, Clinton was considered the front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.<ref name="cnn-run"/><ref name="cbs-next">{{cite news |url= http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-hillary-clinton-closing-the-door-on-politics/ |title= Is Hillary Clinton closing the door on politics? |last=Miller |first=Jake |work= CBS News |date=January 29, 2013}}</ref><ref name="reut-depart">{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-hillary-idUSBRE90F0A820130116 |title= Hillary Clinton leaving world stage, but for how long? |last=Holland |first=Steve |publisher=Reuters |date= January 16, 2013}}</ref> She had gained a broader sweep of early endorsements from the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] establishment in the 2016 race than she did in 2008,<ref>{{cite web |first=Patrick |last=Caldwell |url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/hillary-clinton-2016-superdelegates-endorse |title= Future Superdelegates Are Already Kissing Up to Hillary 2016 |work= [[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |date= November 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first1=Jasmine |last1=Sachar |first2=Bob |last2=Cusack |url= http://thehill.com/homenews/presidential-campaign/196586-dems-surging-toward-hillary |title=60 Dems endorse Hillary for 2016 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=January 28, 2014}}</ref> although she did face [[Democratic Party presidential candidates, 2016|several primary election challengers]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2016-polls-show-clinton-leads-key-states-gop-field-wide-n306106 |title=2016 Polls Show Clinton Leads in Key States, GOP Field Wide Open |date=February 15, 2015 |work=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/despite-sustaining-hits-hillary-clinton-remains-formidable-2016-nbc-wsj-n353386 |title=Despite Sustaining Hits, Hillary Clinton Remains 'Formidable' in 2016 NBC/WSJ Poll |date=May 4, 2015 |work=NBC News}}</ref> and, in August 2015 Vice President [[Joe Biden]] was reported to be seriously considering a possible challenge to Clinton.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/us/politics/joe-biden-on-beach-vacation-wades-further-into-16-bid.html |first1=Jonathan |last1=Martin |first2=Amy |last2=Chozick |title=Joe Biden Wades Further Into '16 Bid |work=The New York Times |date=August 13, 2015}}</ref>

Clinton had a very high name recognition of an estimated 99% (only 11% of all voters said they did not know enough about her to form an opinion) and according to Democratic [[pollster]] [[Celinda Lake]], she has had strong support from African-Americans, and among college-educated women and single women.<ref name=NYT51915>{{cite news |first=Amy |last=Chozick |title=Hillary Clinton will Need a Second Chance to Make an Impression |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/us/politics/hillary-clinton-may-not-need-a-second-chance-to-make-a-first-impression.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 19, 2015}}</ref>

In ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's 2015 list of "The 100 Most Influential People", Clinton praised Massachusetts Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]], who herself was considered as a potential challenger to Clinton, for being a "progressive champion".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://time.com/3823064/elizabeth-warren-2015-time-100/ |title=Elizabeth Warren |date=April 16, 2015 |magazine=Time |last=Clinton |first=Hillary}}</ref> Warren decided not to run for president, despite pressure from some [[progressives]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-im-not-running-im-not-running-2015-3 |title=Elizabeth&nbsp;Warren:&nbsp;'I'm not running, I'm not running' |date=April 16, 2015 |work=[[Business Insider]] |last=Campbell |first=Colin}}</ref>

== Announcement ==
The Clinton campaign had planned for a delayed announcement, possibly as late as July 2015.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/why-hillary-clinton-will-make-2016-announcement-in-july/ |title=Why Hillary Clinton will make 2016 announcement in July |work=CBS News |date=January 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.yahoo.com/tv/v/why-hillary-clinton-2016-announcement-185034270-cbs.html |title=Why Hillary Clinton will make 2016 announcement in July |date=January 29, 2015 |work=CBS News |via=Yahoo!}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-01-29/here-s-how-a-hillary-clinton-july-announcement-would-stack-up |title=How Long Can Hillary Clinton Wait to Announce? |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |first=Alison |last=Elkin |date=January 29, 2015}}</ref>

On April 3, 2015, it was reported that Clinton had taken a lease on a small office at 1 Pierrepont Plaza in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]. It was widely speculated that the space would serve as her campaign headquarters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |title=Clinton Said to Rent Brooklyn Space for Campaign Headquarters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/04/03/clinton-is-no-longer-seeking-office-shes-rented-one/ |work=The New York Times |date=April 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Karni |first1=Annie |last2=Debenedetti |first2=Gabriel |title=Hillary Clinton's Brooklyn |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/hillary-clinton-campaign-headquarters-brooklyn-116649.html |work=Politico |date=April 3, 2015}}</ref>

On April 12, 2015, Clinton released a [[YouTube]] video [[campaign announcement|formally announcing her candidacy]] via [[email]]. She stated that, "Everyday Americans need a champion. And I want to be that champion."<ref name="nyt-announce">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/13/us/politics/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-campaign.html |title=Hillary Clinton Announces 2016 Presidential Bid |last=Chozick |first=Amy |work=The New York Times |date=April 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton 'to announce 2016 presidential campaign' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32254416 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=April 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Chozick |first2=Amy |title=Hillary Clinton to Announce 2016 Run for President on Sunday |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/us/politics/hillary-clinton-to-announce-2016-run-for-president-on-sunday.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Keith |first1=Tamara |last2=Montanar |first2=Domenico |title=Hillary Clinton Expected To Go Small With Big Announcement |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/04/10/398729582/hillary-clinton-expected-to-go-small-with-big-announcement |work=It's All Politics |publisher=NPR |date=April 10, 2015}}</ref> The week following her announcement, she traveled to early primary states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire. Clinton was the third candidate with support in national polls to announce her candidacy, following Republican Senators [[Ted Cruz]] of [[Texas]] and [[Rand Paul]] of [[Kentucky]], while [[Florida]] Senator [[Marco Rubio]] announced his candidacy on April 13, the day after Clinton. Some Democrats saw the proximity of Clinton's campaign announcement to Rubio's as advantageous, as Clinton's announcement might overshadow Rubio's.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Martha |last2=Camia |first2=Catalina |title=Hillary Clinton launches 2016 presidential bid |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/04/12/hillary-clinton-president-announcement-2016/22018067/ |work=[[USA Today]] |date=April 12, 2015}}</ref>

Clinton's campaign logo was unveiled on April 12, 2015, featuring a blue ''H'' with a red arrow through the middle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2015/06/15/jeb-bush-hillary-clinton-logos/ |title=What the critics say about Jeb Bush's and Hillary Clinton's campaign logos |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |last=Kane |first=Colleen |date=June 15, 2015 |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref>

=== Van tour ===
[[File:HRC in Iowa APR 2015.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Hillary Clinton at an early campaign event in Iowa on April 14, 2015]]
Clinton began her campaign by making short trips to early primary and caucus states.<ref name="nyt-announce"/> Immediately following her announcement, she made a two-day [[road trip]] in a customized [[Chevrolet Express]] van, nicknamed after ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'', going from New York to Iowa, and stopping several times along the way, including a much publicized stop at a [[Chipotle Mexican Grill]] outside [[Toledo, Ohio]], where Clinton was not recognized by the staff.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/spotted-hillary-clinton-makes-surprise-pit-stop-chipotle/story?id=30292138 |title=Hillary Clinton Makes Surprise Pit Stop at Chipotle in Ohio During Presidential Roadtrip |first=Erin |last=Dooley |work=ABC News |date=April 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/politics/hillary-clinton-2016-iowa-road-trip/ |title=Clinton road trip: Chipotle, cottage cheese and Scooby snacks |first=Dan |last=Merica |work=CNN|date=April 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-14/everything-you-need-to-know-about-hillary-clinton-s-scooby-van- |title=Everything You Need to Know About Hillary Clinton's 'Scooby Van' |first=Ali |last=Elkin |publisher=Bloomberg News |date=April 14, 2015}}</ref> The trip gained considerable media attention and was, according to her campaign, intended as a bit of [[Publicity stunt|political theater]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/hillarys-road-from-riches-116942.html |title=Hillary Clinton's road from riches |first=Glenn |last=Thrush |work=Politico |date=April 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="nyt-iowa-1">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/us/politics/for-hillary-clinton-small-events-still-draw-a-frenzy-of-attention.html |title=For Clinton, 'Small' Events Still Draw a Frenzy of Attention |first1=Amy |last1=Gabriel |first2=Trip |last2=Gabriel |work=The New York Times |date=April 15, 2015 |page=A15}}</ref>

Clinton responded to very few questions from the press during the first month of her campaign. During her visits to early primary and caucus states, she did not hold any formal [[press conference]]s, and did not participate in any media interviews.<ref name=NPR51315>{{cite news |first=Tamara |last=Keith |title=The 13 Questions Hillary Clinton Has Answered From The Press |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/13/406250488/the-13-questions-hillary-clinton-has-answered-from-the-press |work=It's All Politics |publisher=NPR |date=May 13, 2015 |quote=Questions about when there will be interviews, or when she will make herself available to questions from reporters, are deflected with something along the lines of: all in good time.}}</ref><ref name=NJ42715>{{cite news |first=Zach C. |last=Cohen |title=Here Are Eight Media Questions Hillary Clinton Has Answered During Her Campaign |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/here-are-all-eight-media-questions-hillary-clinton-has-answered-during-her-campaign-20150427 |work=[[National Journal]] |date=April 27, 2015 |quote=Despite being bombarded with press questions at every chance, Clinton has only personally answered a handful of inquiries since formally launching her campaign April 12. |url-access=subscription }}</ref> On May 19, 2015, after 28 days, Clinton answered some questions from reporters at an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.<ref name=ABC51915>{{cite AV media |title=Hillary Clinton Takes Reporters' Questions, Breaks Silence On The Campaign Trail |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/hillary-clinton-takes-reporters-questions-breaks-silence-campaign-31152683 |work=ABC News |date=May 19, 2015}}</ref> Clinton's campaign announced she would make additional stops in Florida, Texas, and Missouri in May and June.<ref name="Sanchez2015">{{cite news|first=Stephen M. |last=Sanchez |url=http://www.satxdailynews.com/national-politics/hillary-clinton-to-make-campaign-stops-in-texas/ |title=Hillary Clinton to make campaign stops in Texas |work=San Antonio Daily News |date=May 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521213609/http://www.satxdailynews.com/national-politics/hillary-clinton-to-make-campaign-stops-in-texas/ |archive-date=May 21, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Kickoff rally ===
[[File:Hillary Clinton 2016 Kickoff&nbsp;— Speech (Cropped).jpg|thumb|Clinton delivers the speech at her kickoff rally. The [[headquarters of the United Nations|United Nations]], [[Empire State Building]], and [[Chrysler Building]] can be seen in the background.]]
[[File:Hillary Clinton 2016 Kickoff&nbsp;— Greeting Crowd.jpeg|thumb|Clinton greets the crowd following her speech.]]
Clinton held her first major [[campaign rally]] June 13, 2015, at [[Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park]] on the southern tip of [[New York City]]'s [[Roosevelt Island]].

In her speech, Clinton addressed [[income inequality in the United States]], specifically endorsed universal [[pre-kindergarten]], paid [[Parental leave|family leave]], [[Equal pay for equal work|equal pay]] for women, college affordability, and incentives for companies that provide [[profit sharing]] to employees.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kirsch |first=Richard |title=The Economic Narrative in Hillary Clinton's Launch Speech |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=June 16, 2016 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-kirsch/the-economic-narrative-in_b_7598016.html}}</ref> She did not address [[United States free trade agreements|free trade agreements]] during the kickoff speech,<ref name=NYT61315>{{cite news |first=Amy |last=Chozick |title=Hillary Clinton, in Roosevelt Island Speech, Pledges to Close Income Gap |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/us/hillary-clinton-attacks-republican-economic-policies-in-roosevelt-island-speech.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 13, 2015 |quote=Mrs. Clinton specified policies she would push for, including universal prekindergarten, paid family leave, equal pay for women, college affordability and incentives for companies that provide profit-sharing to employees.}}</ref> but made statements the next day suggesting that the current negotiations should be abandoned unless improved.<ref name=NYT61715>{{cite news |first1=Michael D. |last1=Shear |first2=Amy |last2=Chozick |title=Trade Deal Comments Put Hillary Clinton at Odds With Her Former Boss |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/us/politics/hillary-clinton-walks-the-line-between-presidential-ally-and-aspirant.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 17, 2015}}</ref>

The campaign said more than 5,500 people were in attendance, but estimates of crowd size by the press in attendance were less.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ball |first=Molly |title=Hillary's Uninspiring Agenda: The Democratic frontrunner launches her candidacy with a speech that's long on proposals, short on enthusiasm |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=June 13, 2015 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/hillary-clinton-speech/395813/}}</ref>

According to John Cassidy, staff writer at ''[[The New Yorker]]'', Clinton, up to a point, took a populist tone:<ref name=TNY61315>{{cite magazine |first=John |last=Cassidy |title=Hillary Clinton Goes Populist—Up to a Point |url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/hillary-clinton-goes-populist-up-to-a-point |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=June 13, 2015}}</ref>

{{blockquote|While many of you are working multiple jobs to make ends meet, you see the top twenty-five hedge-fund managers making more than all of America's kindergarten teachers combined. And often paying a lower tax rate. So, you have to wonder, 'When does my hard work pay off? When does my family get ahead? When?'<ref name=TNY61315/>}}

{{blockquote|Prosperity can't be just for C.E.O.s and hedge-fund managers. Democracy can't be just for billionaires and corporations. Prosperity and democracy are part of your basic bargain, too. You brought our country back. Now it's time—your time—to secure the gains and move ahead.<ref name=TNY61315/>}}On June 15, 2015, South Carolina Senator [[Clementa C. Pinckney]], who had campaigned for Clinton earlier that day, was murdered along with eight others in the [[Charleston church shooting|Charleston Church shooting]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bilefsky |first=Dan |date=June 18, 2015 |title=Pastor Was an Influential Figure From the Start |work=The New York Times |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/live/updates-on-charleston-church-shooting/pastor-was-an-influential-figure-from-the-start/ |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref> Clinton postponed campaign activities to join President [[Barack Obama]], Vice President [[Joe Biden]], and other dignitaries at Pinckney's funeral.in Charleston on June 26, 2015.<ref>"South Carolina Governor Haley hugs Democratic Presidential candidate Clinton at the funeral of South Carolina State Senator and Rev, Clementa Pinckney". ''UPI''. 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.</ref>

=== Advertising ===
In August 2015, the Clinton campaign began a $2&nbsp;million television advertising buy in Iowa and New Hampshire.<ref name=NYT8215/> The ads featured footage of Clinton's late mother, [[Dorothy Rodham]], and of Clinton herself,<ref name=NYT8215/> and featured women, family, and children.<ref name=NYT8215>{{cite news |first=Maggie |last=Haberman |title=Hillary Clinton to Start Airing Ads in Iowa and New Hampshire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/08/02/hillary-clinton-to-start-airing-ads-in-iowa-and-new-hampshire/ |work=The New York Times |date=August 2, 2015}}</ref>

In a review of Clinton's 32 general election TV ads, the Associated Press found that 24 of those ads show or mention Trump.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c7572d72ae2a401998585c0fa3b4198e/clintons-nasty-trump-ads-are-mostly-his-own-words|title=Clinton's 'nasty' Trump ads are mostly his own words|language=en-US|access-date=September 30, 2016|archive-date=September 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930082644/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c7572d72ae2a401998585c0fa3b4198e/clintons-nasty-trump-ads-are-mostly-his-own-words|url-status=dead}}</ref> The majority of those 24 ads feature raw footage of him rather than others opining on his words and actions.<ref name=":0" />

== Platform ==
{{Main|Political positions of Hillary Clinton}}
[[File:Hillary sign.jpg|thumb|Supporters of Hillary Clinton raising a sign (its contents being spelled "Hillary" and with the "H" being composed of [[:File:Hillary for America 2016 logo.svg|Clinton's logo]])]]
Clinton focused her candidacy on several themes, including raising middle class incomes, expanding women's rights, instituting campaign finance reform, and improving the [[Affordable Care Act]].

In March 2016, she laid out a detailed economic plan, which ''[[The New York Times]]'' called "optimistic" and "wide-ranging".<ref name=offersecplan>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/us/politics/hillary-clinton-offers-economic-plan-focused-on-jobs.html |title=Clinton Offers Economic Plan Focused on Jobs |first=Amy |last=Chozick |work=The New York Times |date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Basing her economic philosophy on [[inclusive capitalism]], Clinton proposed a "clawback" which would rescind tax relief and other benefits for companies that move jobs overseas; providing incentives for companies that share profits with employees, communities and the environment, rather than focusing on short-term profits to increase stock value and rewarding shareholders; increasing collective bargaining rights; and placing an "exit tax" on companies that move their headquarters out of America in order to pay a lower tax rate overseas.<ref name=offersecplan/> Clinton opposed the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership|Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)]], supported the [[Export–Import Bank of the United States|U.S. Export-Import Bank]], and stated that "any trade deal has to produce jobs and raise wages and increase prosperity and protect our security".<ref name=":29">{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/campaign2016/hillary-clinton/on-trade |title=Hillary Clinton on Trade |series=Campaign 2016 |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations |access-date=August 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822113931/http://www.cfr.org/campaign2016/hillary-clinton/on-trade |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/campaign2016/hillary-clinton/donald-trump/on-trade |title=Compare Clinton and Trump on Trade |series=Campaign 2016 |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations |access-date=August 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725131855/http://www.cfr.org/campaign2016/hillary-clinton/donald-trump/on-trade |archive-date=July 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Given the climate of unlimited campaign contributions following the Supreme Court's [[Citizens United decision]], Clinton called for a [[constitutional amendment]] to limit "unaccountable money" in politics.<ref name="AP outset"/> In July 2016, she "committed" to introducing a U.S. constitutional amendment that would result in overturning the 2010 Citizens United decision.<ref name=merica>
{{cite news |last=Merica |first=Dan |title=Clinton: I will introduce campaign finance amendment in first 30 days |location=also see 2 1/2 minute video |work=CNN|date=July 16, 2016 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/16/politics/hillary-clinton-campaign-finance/}}</ref><ref name=ores>
{{cite news |last=Oreskes |first=Benjamin |title=Clinton pledges constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling |work=Politico |date=July 16, 2016 |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/hillary-clinton-citizens-united-225658}}</ref>

On social issues, Clinton explicitly focused on family issues, particularly [[universal preschool]].<ref name="AP outset">{{cite news|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/130dda61f1e24e05ba2233b3e80fa638/clinton-patches-relations-liberals-campaigns-outset |title=Clinton patches relations with liberals at campaign's outset |work=The Big Story |agency=Associated Press |first=Lisa |last=Lerder |date=April 19, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623162718/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/130dda61f1e24e05ba2233b3e80fa638/clinton-patches-relations-liberals-campaigns-outset |archive-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> Clinton also prioritized closing the [[gender pay gap]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-equal-pay-problem-solving-would-be-top-priorities/ |title=Hillary Clinton: Equal pay, problem-solving would be top priorities |date=February 24, 2015 |work=CBS News}}</ref> and reaffirmed that she believed that a right to same-sex marriage is protected by the U.S. constitution.<ref name="AP outset"/> Clinton stated that allowing undocumented immigrants to have a path to citizenship "{{bracket|i}}s at its heart a family issue."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chozick |first1=Amy |title=A Path to Citizenship, Clinton Says, 'Is at Its Heart a Family Issue' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/05/05/a-path-to-citizenship-clinton-says-is-at-its-heart-a-family-issue/ |work=The New York Times |date=May 5, 2015}}</ref>

Clinton expressed support for the [[Common Core]] educational initiative,<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Hillary Clinton Education Roundtable in Iowa |url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?325353-1/hillary-clinton-education-roundtable-iowa |publisher=C-SPAN.org |date=April 14, 2015}}</ref> saying, "The really unfortunate argument that's been going on around Common Core, it's very painful because the Common Core started off as a bipartisan effort. It was actually nonpartisan. It wasn't politicized.... Iowa has had a testing system based on a core curriculum for a really long time. And {{bracket|speaking to Iowans}} you see the value of it, you understand why that helps you organize your whole education system. And a lot of states unfortunately haven't had that, and so don't understand the value of a core, in this sense a Common Core."<ref>{{cite web |first=Brandon |last=Wright |date=June 7, 2016 |title=Hillary Clinton quotes about education |url=http://edexcellence.net/articles/hillary-clinton-quotes-about-education |publisher=The Thomas B. Fordham Institute}}</ref>

In a December 7, 2015 ''[[The New York Times]]'' article, Clinton presented her detailed plans for [[Wall Street reform|regulating Wall Street]] financial activities by reining in the largest institutions to limit risky behavior, appointing strong regulators, and holding executives accountable.<ref name="NYT-20151207">{{cite news |last=Clinton |first=Hillary |title=Hillary Clinton: How I'd Rein In Wall Street |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/opinion/hillary-clinton-how-id-rein-in-wall-street.html |date=December 7, 2015 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

Clinton supported maintaining American influence in the Middle East. She publicly opposed Trump's call to ban Muslims from the United States as "shameful" and "dangerous". She also claimed Trump's statement was "a reflection of much of the rest of his party", as "many GOP candidates have also said extreme things about Muslims."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/4141599/hillary-clinton-trump-muslims/|title=Hillary Clinton Blasts Donald Trump's Comments on Muslims|first=Sam|last=Frizell|access-date=November 17, 2016}}</ref> Clinton told the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]], "America can't ever be neutral when it comes to Israel's security and survival."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/aipac/article/hillary_clinton_to_aipac_donald_trumps_foreign_policy_dangerously_wrong |title=Hillary Clinton to AIPAC: Donald Trump's foreign policy 'dangerously wrong.' |work=Jewish Journal |date=March 21, 2016}}</ref>

== Strategy and tactics ==
[[File:Hillary Clinton Maggie Hassan Elizabeth Warren Manchester NH October 2016.jpg|thumb|Clinton campaigning in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]], in October 2016. New Hampshire Governor [[Maggie Hassan]] (left) and Massachusetts Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] (right) in the background.]]
Clinton campaign strategists reportedly believed that a strong [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] campaign would mobilize the same voters who swept Barack Obama to victory in 2008 and 2012. Her strategy of embracing Obama's policies proved highly effective with African American Democratic voters in the South Carolina Democratic primary.<ref name="NYT022716">{{cite news |first1=Amy |last1=Chozick |first2=Patrick |last2=Healy |title=Hillary Clinton Wins South Carolina Primary |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us/politics/south-carolina-primary.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 27, 2016 |quote=They chose her over Mr. Sanders by more than six to one...}}</ref><ref name="Gearan2015">{{cite news |first=Anne |last=Gearan |title=Clinton is banking on the Obama coalition to win |archive-date=May 17, 2015 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 17, 2015 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/running-to-the-left-hillary-clinton-is-banking-on-the-obama-coalition-to-win/2015/05/17/33b7844a-fb28-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517215714/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/running-to-the-left-hillary-clinton-is-banking-on-the-obama-coalition-to-win/2015/05/17/33b7844a-fb28-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html |url-status=live |issn=0190-8286 |quote='Her approach to this really is not trying to take a ruler out and measure where she wants to be on some ideological scale,' Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said. 'It's to dive deeply into the problems facing the American people and American families. She's a proud wonk, and she looks at policy from that perspective.' |access-date=January 6, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name=NYT6615>{{cite news |first1=Jonathan |last1=Martin |first2=Maggie |last2=Haberman |title=Hillary Clinton Traces Friendly Path, Troubling Party |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/us/politics/hillary-clinton-traces-friendly-path-troubling-party.html |work=The New York Times |date=June 6, 2015 |quote=Recognizing that Democrats had to be galvanized to show up at the polls, Mrs. Clinton's advisers used surveys and focus groups to assess the risks of running a strongly liberal campaign. They concluded that there were few.}}</ref><ref name=NYT61115>{{cite news |first=Brendan |last=Nyhan |title=Hillary Clinton and Wishful-Thinking Politics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/11/upshot/hillary-clinton-and-wishful-thinking-politics.html |work=The New York Times |date=June 11, 2015 |quote=The reason is the Electoral College, a winner-take-all system that rewards candidates who focus almost exclusively on closely contested states.}}</ref>

By March 2016 Clinton's nomination seemed likely, so efforts turned to structuring a campaign against Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee,<ref name="WP030216">{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Balz |title=Clinton, Trump victories foreshadow a nasty, contentious fall campaign |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-trump-victories-foreshadow-nasty-contentious-fall-campaign/2016/03/02/106c6dd6-e0ae-11e5-8d98-4b3d9215ade1_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 2, 2016}}</ref> and determining how to generate enthusiasm for Clinton among the Democratic electorate, which had not turned out in large numbers for primaries.<ref name=Confessore>{{cite news |first=Nicholas |last=Confessore |title=Beneath Hillary Clinton's Super Tuesday Wins, Signs of Turnout Trouble |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/03/us/politics/hillary-clinton-voter-turnout.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 2, 2016}}</ref>

Clinton began the campaign with near-universal name recognition among voters, having been First Lady, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State.<ref>{{cite news |first=Amy |last=Chozick |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/hillary-clinton.html |title=What Hillary Clinton Would Need to Do to Win |work=The New York Times |date=April 12, 2015}}</ref>

=== Focus on local issues ===
When Clinton campaigned she identified local issues of interest to the Democratic voters of the state. For example, in Mississippi, she expressed her concern about lead levels in the water in Jackson, the capital, where it was a hot issue.<ref name="WP030816">{{cite news |first=James |last=Hohmann |title=The Daily 202: Hillary Clinton is winning with a hyper-local strategy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2016/03/08/daily-202-hillary-clinton-is-winning-with-a-hyper-local-strategy/56de2040981b92a22d7612d7/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 8, 2016}}</ref>

===Emphasis on experience and steady leadership===
Over the course of her campaign, Clinton emphasized her experience and record in public life, particularly as secretary of state.<ref>{{cite news |first=Nick |last=Corasaniti |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/us/politics/hillary-clinton-emphasizes-her-time-on-the-world-stage.html |title=Hillary Clinton Emphasizes Her Time on the World Stage |work=The New York Times |date=July 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Evan |last1=Halper |first2=Chris |last2=Megerian |url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-democrats-town-hall-20160126-story.html |title=Sanders turns confrontational and Clinton emphasizes her record in Iowa town hall |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 26, 2016}}</ref> Clinton also emphasized "the need for calm, steady, experienced leadership in the White House" in times of uncertainty, as well as the need to maintain the U.S.'s alliances across the Atlantic and the world.<ref>{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Benen |author-link=Steve Benen |url=http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/after-brexit-clinton-stresses-steady-experienced-leadership |title=After Brexit, Clinton stresses 'steady, experienced leadership' |work=The Rachel Maddow Show |publisher=MSNBC |date=June 24, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Julie |last1=Pace |first2=Robert |last2=Furlow |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hillary-clinton-promises-steady-leadership-at-moment-of-reckoning-1.3006720 |title=Hillary Clinton promises 'steady leadership' at 'moment of reckoning' |work=CTV News |agency=Associated Press |date=July 29, 2016}}</ref>

=== Press relations ===
Clinton has had an uneasy, and at times adversarial relationship with the press throughout her life in public service.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Glenn |last1=Thrush |first2=Maggie |last2=Haberman |title=What Is Hillary Clinton Afraid Of |url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/hillary-clinton-media-105901.html |work=Politico |date=May 2014}}</ref> Weeks before her official entry as a presidential candidate, Clinton attended a political press corps event, pledging to start fresh on what she described as a "complicated" relationship with political reporters.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Merica |title=Hillary Clinton seeks 'new beginning' with the press |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/23/politics/hillary-clinton-2016-election-press/ |work=CNN|date=March 24, 2015}}</ref> Clinton was initially criticized by the press for avoiding taking their questions,<ref name="NYT52215">{{cite news |first=Jason |last=Horowitz |title=Hillary Clinton, Acutely Aware of Pitfalls, Avoids Press on Campaign Trail |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/23/us/politics/hillary-clinton-acutely-aware-of-pitfalls-avoids-press-on-campaign-trail.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 22, 2015 |quote=it makes all the political sense in the world for Mrs. Clinton to ignore them}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Waldman |title=Why Hillary Clinton needs to start treating the press better |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/06/02/why-hillary-clinton-needs-to-start-treating-the-press-better/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 2, 2015}}</ref> after which she provided more interviews.

=== Technology ===
Clinton had access to the same technological tools that were used in [[Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012|Barack Obama's presidential campaign of 2012]] and [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|2008]].<ref name="tech7202016">{{cite web|last1=Bennett|first1=Richard|title=Clinton and Trump Campaign Technologies|url=http://hightechforum.org/clinton-and-trump-campaign-technologies/|website=High Tech Forum|access-date=February 28, 2017|date=July 20, 2016}}</ref> A team of over 50 engineers and developers previously with [[Google]], [[Facebook]], and [[Twitter]] was hired.<ref name="Wired2282017">{{cite magazine |last1=Lapowsky|first1=Issie|title=Clinton Has a Team of Silicon Valley Stars. Trump Has Twitter|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/07/clinton-team-silicon-valley-stars-trump-twitter/|magazine=Wired|access-date=February 28, 2017|date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> The campaign used [[Timshel (company)|Timshel]]'s [[The Groundwork]] platform for organizing data generated by mass e-mail programs, tracking donors, and analyzing marketing databases.<ref name="BI2282017">{{cite news|last1=Varinsky|first1=Dana|title=The tech team behind the Clinton campaign made a web platform to help groups fighting Trump's agenda|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/clinton-digital-team-debuts-platform-2016-12|work=Business Insider|access-date=February 28, 2017|date=December 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Higgins =216">{{cite news|last1=Higgins|first1=Tim S|title=Clinton Campaign Doubles Down on Data Analytics|url=http://www.govtech.com/data/Clinton-Campaign-Doubles-Down-on-Data-Analytics.html|agency=Bloomberg |publisher=govtech|date=May 23, 2016}}</ref>

=== Ground game ===
In October 2016, the Clinton campaign had 489 field offices compared to Trump's 178.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-clinton-field-offices/|title=Where Clinton Is Setting Up Field Offices — And Where Trump Isn't|last=Darr|first=Joshua|date=October 7, 2016|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US|access-date=October 7, 2016}}</ref> For context, Obama had 786 and some reports over 800 national field offices in 2012.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/obamas-edge-the-ground-game-that-could-put-him-over-the-top/264031/|title=Obama's Edge: The Ground Game That Could Put Him Over the Top|website=[[The Atlantic]] |date=October 24, 2012}}</ref> Political science research suggests that there is a modest positive relationship between field offices and vote share.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2016/10/5/13174624/trump-field-offices|title=Clinton has vastly more campaign offices than Trump. How much of an advantage is this?|last=Masket|first=Seth|date=October 5, 2016|access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref>

== Fundraising ==
Throughout the general election campaign, Clinton consistently led Trump in fundraising. Through August 2016, Clinton, the [[Democratic National Committee]] and Clinton's main super PAC, [[Priorities USA Action]], had raised more than $700 million, while Trump had brought in $400 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blumenthal |first1=Paul |title=Hillary Clinton Continues To Build Campaign Money Advantage Over Donald Trump |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/2016-campaign-money_us_57e2163ee4b0e28b2b511a7f |work=Huffington Post |date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> According to a September 2016 analysis by the [[Center for Public Integrity]], "More than 1,100 elite moneymen and women have collectively raised more than $113 million" for Clinton's campaign. These bundlers, who collected checks from friends or associates and gave them to the campaign, included "lawmakers, entertainment icons and titans of industry"; among them were [[Ben Affleck]], [[George Lucas]], [[Marissa Mayer]], and [[Sheryl Sandberg]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beckel |first1=Michael |title=Elite 'bundlers' raise more than $113 million for Hillary Clinton |url=https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/09/23/20254/elite-bundlers-raise-more-113-million-hillary-clinton?platform=hootsuite |publisher=Center for Public Integrity |date=September 23, 2016 |access-date=September 23, 2016 |archive-date=October 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012031225/https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/09/23/20254/elite-bundlers-raise-more-113-million-hillary-clinton?platform=hootsuite |url-status=dead }}</ref>

According to an article in ''The Washington Post'', Clinton's presidential campaign benefited from a network of donors whom the Clintons had "methodically cultivated... over 40 years, from Little Rock to Washington and then across the globe. Their fundraising methods have created a new blueprint for politicians and their donors."<ref name=WP11915>{{cite news |first1=Matea |last1=Gold |first2=Tom |last2=Hamburger |first3=Anu |last3=Narayanswamy |title=Two&nbsp;Clintons. 41&nbsp;years. $3&nbsp;Billion. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/clinton-money/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 19, 2015}}</ref> By the end of September 2015, the campaign's fundraising effort for "Clinton's 2016 White House run{{nbsp}}... has already drawn $110{{nbsp}}million in support".<ref name=WP11915/>

In response to the article, a campaign spokesman said that "it would be misleading, at best, to conflate donations to a philanthropy with political giving.... And regarding the campaign contributions, the breadth and depth of their support is a testament to the fact that they have both dedicated their lives to public service and fighting to make this country stronger."<ref name=WP11915/> As the ''Post'' article pointed out, fundraising for the 2016 presidential campaign existed "in a dramatically different environment" than in the past, and the 2010 ''[[Citizens United v. FEC]]'' decision and ruling by "the Supreme Court has made it easier for wealthy individuals, corporations and unions to spend huge, unregulated sums on political activity".<ref name=WP11915/>

In August 2015, the Clinton campaign announced that it had signed a joint fundraising agreement with the [[Democratic National Committee]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dovere |first1=Edward-Isaac |last2=Debenedetti |first2=Gabriel |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/dnc-democratic-committee-hillary-clinton-fundraising-agreement-2016-121813 |title=DNC announces fundraising agreement with Clinton campaign |work=Politico |date=August 27, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> The campaign set up a joint fundraising committee with the DNC, the [[Hillary Victory Fund]], and 32 state committees.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gold |first1=Matea |last2=Hamburger |first2=Tom |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-party-fundraising-effort-helps-clinton-find-new-donors-too/2016/02/19/b8535cea-d68f-11e5-b195-2e29a4e13425_story.html |title=Democratic Party fundraising effort helps Clinton find new donors, too |date=February 20, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> The Clinton campaign sent the DNC a [[memorandum of understanding]] in which the campaign agreed to help the DNC pay off debt in exchange for "joint authority over strategic decisions over the staffing, budget, expenditures, and general election related communications, data, technology, analytics, and research." The memo specified that these arrangements would be limited to "preparations for the General Election and not the Democratic Primary."<ref>{{cite web |last=Seitz-wald |first=Alex |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/memo-reveals-details-hillary-clinton-dnc-deal-n817411 |title=Memo reveals details of Hillary Clinton-DNC deal |date=November 2, 2017 |work=NBC News |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

In the debate between Sanders and Clinton in New Hampshire prior to the New Hampshire primary Clinton, objecting to the inference that campaign contributions or speaking fees from the financial sector would influence her political decisions, characterized Sanders's references to her Wall Street connections as a "'very artful smear' campaign."<ref name="CBS02716">{{cite news |first=Reena |last=Flores |title=Hillary Clinton calls out Bernie Sanders' "artful smear" in Democratic debate |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-calls-out-bernie-sanders-artful-smear-in-democratic-debate/ |work=CBS News |date=February 4, 2016 |quote=On the offensive after Sanders tied her campaign fundraising to Wall Street, Clinton called out the Vermont senator for conducting a "very artful smear" campaign.}}</ref> He responded by saying, "It's a fact. When in the last reporting period her super PAC received $25{{nbsp}}million and $15{{nbsp}}million came from Wall Street, what is the smear? That is the fact."<ref name="itsafactwallstreetties">{{cite web |title=Face the Nation transcripts February 7, 2016: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-transcripts-february-7-2016-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/ |work=CBS News |date=February 7, 2016}}</ref>

The Clinton campaign entered September 2016 with $121.4 million in the bank, while the Trump campaign had $96 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arnsdorf |first1=Isaac |last2=Vogel |first2=Kenneth |title=Trump forces lagged Clinton in August money race |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/trump-forces-lagged-clinton-in-august-money-race-228448 |work=Politico |date=September 21, 2016}}</ref>

=== Super PACs supporting Clinton ===
In May 2015, it was reported that the Clinton campaign lagged behind opposing Republican campaigns in gaining large donations from wealthy donors to supportive [[Super PACs]]. At that time, many potential liberal, big-money donors had not yet committed to support Clinton.<ref name=NYT53015>{{cite news |first1=Eric |last1=Lichtblau |first2=Nicholas |last2=Confessore |title=Democrats Seek a Richer Roster to Match G.O.P. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/us/politics/democrats-seek-a-richer-roster-to-match-gop-in-2016-election.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 30, 2015 |quote=...none of the biggest Democratic donors from past elections...have committed to supporting Mrs. Clinton on nearly the same scale}}</ref> Clinton's super PAC fundraising picked up significantly in the general election. [[Priorities USA Action]], the main super PAC supporting Clinton, raised $23.4 million in August 2016. More than half of that amount came from its top five donors, and the amount included 11 seven-figure checks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arnsdorf |first1=Isaac |title=Big money fuels Clinton super PAC surge |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/clinton-super-pac-funds-228433 |work=Politico |date=September 20, 2016}}</ref>

Super PACs that have supported Clinton include:<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yeager |first1=Melissa |last2=Watson |first2=Libby |title=Behind the Clinton campaign: Mapping the pro-Hillary super PACs |url=https://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/12/01/super-pacs-dark-money-and-the-hillary-clinton-campaign-part-1/ |publisher=Sunlight Foundation |date=December 1, 2015}}</ref>

* [[Ready PAC]], formerly Ready for Hillary, was founded by Clinton supporters in January 2013. It raised money and signed up supporters in expectation of her presidential bid.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chozick |first1=Amy |title=Group Says It Has Raised Over $1.7&nbsp;Million for Hillary Clinton |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/us/politics/group-says-it-has-raised-over-1-7-million-for-hillary-clinton.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 10, 2015}}</ref> Ready PAC wound down operations in April 2015, handing over its 4-million person email list to the Clinton campaign.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karni |first1=Annie |title=Fire sale: Ready For Hillary winds down |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/ready-for-hillary-closing-116621 |work=Politico |date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Priorities USA Action]] is the main super PAC supporting Clinton's candidacy. It is focused mainly on high-dollar donors. As of September 2016, it had amassed $132 million. The top six donors to the super PAC have given $43.5 million, which is a third of the money collected by Priorities USA Action.<ref name=gold>{{cite news |last1=Gold |first1=Matea |title=Hillary Clinton's main super PAC has raised $132 million. A third came from six wealthy allies. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/20/hillary-clintons-main-super-pac-has-raised-132-million-a-third-came-from-six-wealthy-allies/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 20, 2016}}</ref> Top contributors include [[George Soros]], [[Haim Saban]] and [[Thomas Tull]].<ref name="varietythomastullhaimsaban">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Thomas Tull, Haim Saban Give Seven-Figure Sums to Pro-Clinton SuperPAC |url=https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/hillary-clinton-superpac-thomas-tull-haim-saban-1201693446/ |work=Variety |date=January 31, 2016}}</ref> Other major donors include [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]].<ref name="varietythomastullhaimsaban"/> Following Clinton's loss in the New Hampshire primary, Priorities USA Action committed $500,000 to a radio campaign in South Carolina and $4.5{{nbsp}}million to Super Tuesday primaries.<ref name="WP021216">{{cite news |first=Matea |last=Gold |title=Super PAC makes big play to lift Hillary Clinton in primary states |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/super-pac-makes-big-play-to-lift-hillary-clinton-in-primary-states/2016/02/11/39aca8dc-d019-11e5-abc9-ea152f0b9561_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 12, 2016 |quote=The campaign is set to roll out in more than two dozen states that hold primary contests in March, with a heavy presence in those where people can vote early in person: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio and Arizona.}}</ref><ref name="NYT0221216">{{cite news |first1=Jonathan |last1=Martin |first2=Alan |last2=Rappeport |title=Hillary Clinton Sharpens Focus After Democratic Debate Tussles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/13/us/politics/hillary-clinton-sharpens-focus-after-democratic-debate-tussles.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 12, 2016}}</ref> As of late January 2016, the fund had $45{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="WP02916">{{cite news |first=Karen |last=Tumulty |title=Clinton tries to put her campaign back on track with a new strategy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-tries-to-put-her-campaign-back-on-track-with-a-new-strategy/2016/02/09/c3f97a30-cf63-11e5-b2bc-988409ee911b_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 9, 2016}}</ref> The super PAC raised $21.7 million in August 2016, marking its largest monthly fundraising haul.<ref name=gold/> 
* [[Correct the Record]], which started as a campaign of [[American Bridge 21st Century]], spun off as a separate super PAC in May 2015. Though super PACs are typically prohibited from coordinating with campaigns, Correct the Record coordinates with the Clinton campaign on digital content.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gold |first1=Matea |title=How a super PAC plans to coordinate directly with Hillary Clinton's campaign |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/05/12/how-a-super-pac-plans-to-coordinate-directly-with-hillary-clintons-campaign/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Blake |first=Aaron |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/11/01/top-hillary-supporters-launch-correct-the-record-effort/ |title=Top Hillary supporters launch 'Correct the Record' effort |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 1, 2013}}</ref> A spokeswoman for the super PAC said "the coordination restriction would not apply because Correct the Record's defense of Mrs. Clinton would be built around material posted on the group's own website, not paid media."<ref name=NYT51715>{{cite news |first1=Nicholas |last1=Confessore |first2=Eric |last2=Lichtblau |title='Campaigns' Aren't Necessarily Campaigns in the Age of 'Super PACs' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/us/politics/super-pacs-are-remaking-16-campaigns-official-or-not.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 17, 2015}}</ref> In April 2016, Correct the Record announced it would spend $1 million to find and confront social media users who post unflattering messages about Clinton.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Ben |title=Hillary PAC Spends $1 Million to 'Correct' Commenters on Reddit and Facebook |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/21/hillary-pac-spends-1-million-to-correct-commenters-on-reddit-and-facebook.html |work=The Daily Beast |date=April 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Halper |first1=Evan |title=Be nice to Hillary Clinton online — or risk a confrontation with her super PAC |url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-clinton-digital-trolling-20160506-snap-htmlstory.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Foran |first1=Claire |title=A $1 Million Fight Against Hillary Clinton's Online Trolls |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/correct-the-record-online-trolls/484847/ |work=The Atlantic |date=May 31, 2016}}</ref> In September 2016, Correct the Record announced a project called "Trump Leaks." Correct the Record says it will pay anonymous tipsters for unflattering scoops about [[Donald Trump]], including audio and video recordings and internal documents.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Seitz-Wald |first1=Alex |title=Democratic Super PAC to Pay for Dirt on Donald Trump |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/democratic-super-pac-pay-trump-dirt-n648591 |work=NBC News |date=September 15, 2016}}</ref>

==People==
[[File:John Podesta.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Podesta]], Campaign Chairman]]

===Campaign staff===
[[Robby Mook]] served as [[campaign manager]], and is the first openly gay person to serve in that role in a major presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/04/robby-mook-hillary-clinton-campaign-manager-profile |title=Robby Mook just took the hardest job in politics: saving the Clintons from themselves. |first1=Andy |last1=Kroll |first2=Patricia |last2=Caldwell |date=April 9, 2015 |work=Mother Jones}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McDonald |first=James |url=http://www.out.com/news-opinion/2015/4/20/five-things-we-know-about-robby-mook-hillary-clintons-openly-gay-campaign |title=Five Things We Know About Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton's Openly Gay Campaign Manager |work=[[Out (magazine)|Out]] |issn=1062-7928 |date=April 20, 2015}}</ref>

[[Stephanie Hannon]] served as chief technology officer, and is the first woman to serve in that role in a major presidential campaign.<ref name=Rucker>{{cite news |last1=Rucker |first1=Philip |title=Hillary Clinton hires Google executive to be chief technology officer |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/04/08/hillary-clinton-hires-google-executive-to-be-chief-technology-officer/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Aslam>{{cite news |last1=Aslam |first1=Yasmin |title=Hillary Clinton hires first-ever female presidential campaign CTO |url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-hires-first-ever-female-presidential-campaign-cto |publisher=MSNBC |date=April 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Merica>{{cite news |last1=Merica |first1=Dan |title=Google executive to fill Clinton campaign's top tech role |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/08/politics/hillary-clinton-google-staffer-hire-2016-election/ |date=April 8, 2015 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

Other campaign staff included [[John Podesta]] as campaign chairman, [[Joel Benenson]] as chief strategist and pollster, [[Jennifer Palmieri]] as communications director, and [[Amanda Renteria]] as political director.<ref name="pol-players">{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/hillary-clintons-power-players-116874.html |title=The power players behind Hillary Clinton's campaign: A guide to some of the most influential players in her 2016 presidential bid |first=Katie |last=Glueck |work=[[Politico]] |date=April 12, 2015 }}</ref> Longtime Clinton aide [[Huma Abedin]] was the vice chairwoman of the campaign,<ref name="pol-players"/> and continued in the role she has long played for Clinton as traveling chief of staff and "[[body man|body woman]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/04/12/hillary-clinton-campaign-staff/ |title=OnPolitics: Hillary Clinton's campaign: The key figures |work=[[USA Today]] |date=April 16, 2015}}</ref> Fundraising was led by [[Dennis Cheng]] as national finance director for the campaign, and main liaison between many major donors and Clinton.<ref name="cheng">{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton's $2 Billion Money Man |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/06/hillary-clinton-s-2-billion-money-man.html |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=August 6, 2015}}</ref> Future New York State Senator [[Alessandra Biaggi]] served as Deputy National Operations Director, and said: "Everything was urgent in the moment. It was total chaos and I loved it. We played very hard, and it was very hard to lose."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/fashion/weddings/team-players-in-politics-and-love.html|title=Team Players in Politics and Love|first=Rosalie R.|last=Radomsky|date=July 27, 2019|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

===Policy advisors ===
Hillary Clinton named three senior policy advisers to lead policy development for her presidential campaign: [[Maya Harris]], Ann O'Leary, and [[Jake Sullivan]].<ref>Nather, David (April 14, 2015). [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/clinton-names-top-three-wonks-for-campaign-116975 "Hillary Clinton names top three wonks for campaign,"] ''Politico''.</ref> Michael Schmidt, Michael Shapiro and Jacob Leibenluft were on Clinton's policy team, while Sullivan, a longtime Clinton staffer, served as policy director.<ref name="TankersleyCreatePlan">{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Tankersley |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/02/how-hillary-clinton-thinks-about-policy-behind-the-scenes/ |title=How Hillary Clinton created her plan for America — behind-the-scenes |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 2, 2016}}</ref>

The Clinton campaign had a large set of outside policy advisors who served on advisory groups.

====Defense and foreign policy==== 
Senior advisors included former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense [[Leon Panetta]], former [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] [[Tom Donilon]], [[Center for a New American Security]] CEO [[Michèle Flournoy]], former Secretary of State [[Madeleine Albright]], and others.<ref name="Hudson">{{cite news |first=John |last=Hudson |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/10/inside-hillary-clintons-massive-foreign-policy-brain-trust/ |title=Inside Hillary Clinton's Massive Foreign-Policy Brain Trust |work=[[Foreign Policy (magazine)|Foreign Policy]] |date=February 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Ron |last=Kampeas |url=http://www.jta.org/2016/05/04/news-opinion/politics/hillary-clintons-foreign-policy-advisers-are-exactly-who-youd-expect-them-to-be-which-is-now-rare |title=Hillary Clinton's foreign policy advisers are exactly who you'd expect them to be |agency=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |date=May 4, 2016}}</ref> The campaign also had a decentralized system of "about a dozen advisory working groups for regional and functional issues" such as Asia, Europe, [[counter-terrorism]], and human rights. [[Foreign Policy (magazine)|''Foreign Policy'' magazine]] reports that "the campaign boasts a surprisingly diverse cadre of experts, from early-career think tankers in their 20s to graying ex-diplomats in their 50s and 60s."<ref name="Hudson"/>{{expand section|date=March 2022}}

====Economic and domestic policy====
On economic policy, outside advisors with whom Clinton regularly consulted included [[Gene Sperling]], former director of the [[United States National Economic Council|National Economic Council]]; [[Neera Tanden]] of the [[Center for American Progress]]; [[Ann O'Leary]]; economists [[Alan Krueger]] and [[Alan Blinder]]; Nobel laureate economist [[Joseph Stiglitz]]; [[Jared Bernstein]], the former chief economist to [[Joe Biden]]; and [[Heather Boushey]].<ref name="TankersleyCreatePlan"/>

On August 16, 2016, Clinton named [[Ken Salazar]] to lead her White House transition team.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Naomi |last1=LaChance|first2=Zaid |last2=Jilani|title=Hillary Clinton Picks TPP and Fracking Advocate To Set Up Her White House|url=https://theintercept.com/2016/08/16/hillary-clinton-picks-tpp-and-fracking-advocate-to-set-up-her-white-house/|work=The Intercept|date=August 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Sirota|first1=David|title=Hillary Clinton Appoints Ken Salazar To Lead White House Transition|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/hillary-clinton-appoints-ken-salazar-lead-white-house-transition-2402567|work=International Business Times|date=August 16, 2016}}</ref>

===Communications, advertising, and design firms===
Two of the Clinton campaigns' top [[media buying]] agencies were GMMB (which focused on [[television advertising|television]]) and Bully Pulpit Interactive (which focused on [[Advertising#Types of media|digital]]). The Clinton campaign's [[analytics]] director was Elan Kriegel, the co-founder of BlueLabs, a Democratic data firm.<ref>{{cite web |first=Kate |last=Kaye |url=http://adage.com/article/datadriven-marketing/clinton-trump-match-data-arena/302989/ |title=How Clinton and Trump Really Match Up in the Campaign Data Wars: Is Clinton's Data Game Stronger than Trump's? |work=Advertising Age |date=March 8, 2016}}</ref> The campaign has also hired [[Burrell Communications Group|Burrell Communications]], an African American advertising firm.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lauren Victoria |last=Burke |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/clinton-campaign-hires-black-owned-advertising-firm-n463236 |title=Clinton Campaign Hires Black Owned Advertising Firm |work=NBC News |date=November 17, 2015}}</ref>

Graphic designer [[Michael Bierut]] of the firm [[Pentagram (design studio)|Pentagram]] designed the campaign's distinctive "H" logo; Bierut volunteered his services.<ref>{{cite news |first=Hunter |last=Schwarz |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/04/13/hillary-clintons-retro-h-logo-has-plenty-of-critics-but-at-least-its-novel/ |title=Hillary Clinton's retro 'H' logo has plenty of critics. But at least it's novel |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Darren |last=Samuelsohn |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/design-experts-trash-hillary-clintons-new-logo-117100 |title=Design experts trash Hillary's new logo |work=Politico |date=April 17, 2015}}</ref> Bierut later recommended designer [[Jennifer Kinon]] to lead the in-house design team and design a comprehensive visual identity for the campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3063019/behind-the-branding-of-the-hillary-clinton-campaign|title=Behind The Branding Of The Hillary Clinton Campaign|last=Miller|first=Meg|date=2016-08-23|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref>

Professionals in [[Brand management|branding]] and [[marketing]], such as Wendy Clark of [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]], and [[Roy Spence]] of [[GSD&M]], were brought into the campaign to assist with "re-branding" Clinton.<ref name=WP022115>{{cite news |first1=Philip |last1=Rucker |first2=Anne |last2=Gearan |title=The making of Hillary&nbsp;5.0: Marketing wizards help re‑imagine Clinton brand |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-making-of-hillary-50-marketing-wizards-help-reimagine-clinton-brand/2015/02/21/bfb01120-b919-11e4-aa05-1ce812b3fdd2_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 21, 2015 |quote=Clinton has recruited consumer marketing specialists onto her team of trusted political advisers. Their job is to help imagine Hillary&nbsp;5.0&nbsp;— the rebranding of a first lady turned senator turned failed presidential candidate turned secretary of state turned likely 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.}}</ref>

== Caucuses and primaries ==
[[File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg|thumb|Hillary Clinton at an event in West Des Moines, Iowa in January 2016.]]
[[File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|Hillary Clinton at an event in Phoenix, Arizona in March 2016.]]
[[File:Democratic Party presidential primaries results, 2016.svg|thumb|Clinton's state-by-state performance in the primaries.
{{legend|#d4aa00|Hillary Clinton|border=0}}
{{legend|#228b22|Bernie Sanders|border=0}}]]
[[File:Democratic Party presidential primary results by county by popular vote margin 2.svg|thumb|County-by-county results{{legend|#d4aa00|Hillary Clinton|border=0}}{{legend|#228b22|Bernie Sanders|border=0}}]]
[[File:Hillary Clinton 2016.svg|thumb|Percentage of vote received by Clinton by state or territory in the primaries.
{{legend|#FFFE74|10.0–19.9%|border=0}}
{{legend|#FDEB40|20.0–29.9%|border=0}}
{{legend|#FED92E|30.0–39.9%|border=0}}
{{legend|#F3CA1E|40.0–49.9%|border=0}}
{{legend|#E8bf12|50.0–59.9%|border=0}}
{{legend|#D4AA00|60.0–69.9%|border=0}}
{{legend|#C89D05|70.0–79.9%|border=0}}
{{legend|#AE8400|80.0%+|border=0}}
]]
{{Main|2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries}}
Clinton won Iowa by the closest margin in the history of the state's Democratic [[caucus]]. O'Malley suspended{{efn |name=suspend | In US elections, suspending a campaign allows candidates to cease active campaigning while still legally raising funds to pay off their debts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/02/11/why-do-candidates-suspend-losing-campaigns-rather-than-say-i-quit/ |title=Why Candidates 'Suspend' Losing Campaigns Rather Than Say 'I Quit' |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |first=Rebecca |last=Ballhaus |date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>}} his campaign after a distant third-place finish, leaving Clinton and Sanders the only two candidates. The electoral battle turned out to be more competitive than expected, with Sanders winning the [[New Hampshire Democratic primary, 2016|New Hampshire primary]] while Clinton scored victories in the [[Nevada Democratic caucuses and convention, 2016|Nevada caucuses]] and [[South Carolina Democratic primary, 2016|South Carolina primary]]. On four different [[Super Tuesday]]s, Clinton secured numerous important wins in each of the nine most populous states including [[California]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Florida]], and [[Texas]], while Sanders scored various victories in between.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Danny |last1=Freeman |first2=Chris |last2=Jansing |first3=Carrie |last3=Dann |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/sanders-lay-staff-after-tuesday-primary-losses-n563776 |title=Sanders Lays Off Staff After Tuesday Primary Losses |work=NBC News |date=April 27, 2016}}</ref>

On June 6, 2016, the [[Associated Press]] and [[NBC News]] stated that Clinton had become the [[presumptive nominee]] after reaching the required number of delegates, including both pledged and unpledged delegates (superdelegates), to secure the nomination. In doing so, she had become the [[List of American women's firsts|first woman to ever be the presumptive nominee]] of any major political party in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/clinton-hits-magic-number-delegates-clinch-nomination/ |title=Clinton hits 'magic number' of delegates to clinch nomination |work=[[NBC News]] |first=Carrie |last=Dann |date=June 6, 2016 |access-date=June 7, 2016}}</ref> On June 7, Clinton officially secured a majority of pledged delegates after winning in the California and New Jersey [[primaries]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/clinton-delegates-pledged-224044 |title=Hillary Clinton secures majority of pledged delegate |date=June 8, 2016 |work=Politico}}</ref> President [[Barack Obama]], Vice President [[Joe Biden]] and Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] formally endorsed Clinton on June 9, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/09/politics/president-barack-obama-endorses-hillary-clinton-in-video/index.html |title=Obama endorses Hillary Clinton in video |first=Eric |last=Bradner |work=CNN|date=June 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bixby |first1=Scott |title=Hillary Clinton gets endorsements from Obama, Biden and Elizabeth Warren – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/jun/09/presidential-campaign-bernie-sanders-meet-obama-white-house-clinton-trump |work=The Guardian |date=June 9, 2016}}</ref> Sanders confirmed on June 24 that he would vote for Clinton over [[Donald Trump]] in the general election<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-24/bernie-sanders-says-he-will-vote-for-hillary-clinton/7542864 |title=US Election: Bernie Sanders says he will vote for Hillary Clinton |date=June 24, 2016 |work=ABC News |agency=Reuters|access-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref> and, on July 12, 2016, formally endorsed Clinton in [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/07/11/485533468/sanders-and-clinton-to-rally-together-in-new-hampshire |title=Sanders And Clinton To Rally Together In New Hampshire |publisher=NPR |last=Keith |first=Tamara |date=July 11, 2016}}</ref>

On July 26, 2016, the [[Democratic National Convention, 2016|Democratic National Convention]] officially nominated Clinton for president and Virginia Senator [[Tim Kaine]] for vice president.<ref>{{cite web |last=McCaskill|first=Nolan D. |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-kicks-off-roll-call-vote-to-nominate-clinton-226239 |title=Hillary Clinton breaks the glass ceiling |work=Politico |date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> Clinton is the first woman in U.S. history to run for president as the nominee of a major political party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-conventions/hillary-clinton-becomes-first-female-nominee-major-u-s-political-n617406|title=Hillary Clinton Becomes First Female Nominee of Major U.S. Political Party|date=July 27, 2016|website=NBC News}}</ref>

===Delegate count===
The table below reflects the presumed delegate count following the [[2016 Democratic primaries]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate  
!Pledged delegates  
!Presumed count, including superdelegates
|-
|[[File:Hillary Clinton official Secretary of State portrait crop.jpg|center|frameless|148x148px]]{{center|[[Hillary Clinton]]}}
|{{center|2,205}}
|{{center|2,775½}}
|-
|[[File: Bernie Sanders.jpg|center|frameless|148x148px]]{{center|[[Bernie Sanders]]}}
|{{center|1,846}}
|{{center|1,889½}}
|-
|[[File:Governor O'Malley Portrait (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|148x148px]]{{center|[[Martin O'Malley]]}}
|{{center|0}}
|{{center|1}}
|-
|{{center|''Available delegates''}} 
|{{center|0}}
|{{center|97}}
|-
|{{center|'''Total delegate votes'''}} 
|{{center|'''4,051'''}}
|{{center|'''4,763'''}}
|}

== Presidential debates ==
{{Main|2016 United States presidential debates}}

The first presidential debate in 2016 took place between Clinton and Trump on September 26 at [[Hofstra University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hofstra.edu/debate/ |title=Debate 2016 |publisher=Hofstra University, New York |date=July 19, 2016 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918235338/http://www.hofstra.edu/debate/ |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This made Clinton the first woman to debate as part of an American presidential debate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://qz.com/754487/presidential-debate-hillary-clinton-put-a-big-crack-in-the-glass-ceiling-but-where-did-we-get-the-term/ |title=Presidential Debate: Hillary Clinton put a big crack in the glass ceiling, but where did we get the term? |work=[[Quartz (website)|Quartz]] |date=July 14, 2016}}</ref> The moderator was [[Lester Holt]] of [[NBC]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/09/26/495115346/fact-check-first-presidential-debate |title=Fact Check: Trump And Clinton Debate For The First Time |website=[[NPR]] |last1=<!-- NPR staff --> |date=September 26, 2016}}</ref> A live-TV audience of 84 million viewers set a viewership record for presidential debates.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/debate-ratings-might-break-record-1474996186 |title=Presidential Debate Sets Viewership Record |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |last1=Perlberg |first1=Steven |date=September 27, 2016}}</ref> All scientific polls showed that voters thought Hillary Clinton performed better than Donald Trump in the debate.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nate|last=Silver |url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-early-polls-suggest-a-post-debate-bounce-for-clinton/ |title=Election Update: Early Polls Suggest A Post-Debate Bounce For Clinton|work=FiveThirtyEight|date=September 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Jonathan|last=Martin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/politics/presidential-election-polls.html|title=Polls Show Debate Performance Gave Hillary Clinton a Lift|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 30, 2016}}</ref>

The second presidential debate in 2016 took place between Clinton and Trump on October 9 at [[Washington University in St. Louis]].<ref>{{cite news|date=October 9, 2016 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/09/politics/gallery/second-presidential-debate/ |title=The second presidential debate |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> It was a town hall debate.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 10, 2016 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/opinions/clinton-trump-second-debate-roundup/ |title=Who won the town hall debate? |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

The third and last presidential debate between Clinton and Trump took place on October 19 at the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Fitzgerald |first=Thomas |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/20161020_Memorable_lines_from_third_presidential_debate.html |title=Memorable lines from third presidential debate |date=October 19, 2016 |website=[[Philly.com]] |access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Catanese|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/the-run-2016/articles/2016-10-20/donald-trump-and-hillary-clinton-clash-strongly-in-final-debate |title=Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Clash Strongly in Final Debate &#124; The Run 2016 |website=[[US News & World Report]]|date=October 20, 2016|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref>

== Health ==

In July 2015, Clinton became the first 2016 presidential candidate to publicly release a [[medical history]]. The Clinton campaign released a letter from her physician, Lisa Bardack of [[Mount Kisco, New York]], attesting to her good health based on a full medical evaluation.<ref name=NYTimes0731>{{cite news |first=Lawrence K. |last=Altman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/07/31/doctor-says-hillary-clinton-is-fit-to-serve/ |title=No Serious Health Issues for Hillary Clinton, Her Doctor Reports |work=The New York Times |date=July 31, 2015}}</ref> The letter noted that there was a "complete resolution" of a brain [[concussion]] that Clinton suffered in 2012 and "total dissolution" of prior [[blood clot]]s.<ref name=NYTimes0731/> Bardack concluded that Clinton had no serious health issues that would interfere with her fitness to serve as president.<ref name=NYTimes0731/> Despite this letter, rumors and conspiracy theories concerning Clinton's health proliferated online. In August 2016, Trump questioned Hillary's stamina and [[Fox News]] host [[Sean Hannity]] called for Clinton to release her medical records, fueling these theories.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kurtzleben |first=Danielle |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/08/18/490390614/trump-adds-fuel-to-conspiracy-theories-questioning-clintons-health |title=Hillary Clinton Says Donald Trump Is Pushing 'Deranged Conspiracy Theories' About Her Health |date=August 18, 2016 |work=[[NPR]]|access-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref>

The US intelligence community noted that Clinton had health issues by August 27, 2016.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/books-monographs/getting-to-know-the-president-fourth-edition/ |title=Getting to Know the President: intelligence Briefings of Presidential candidates and Presidents-elect, 1952–2016 |date=October 9, 2021 |last=Helgerson |first=John L.|publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref>
In September 2016, Clinton developed [[pneumonia]]. She left a [[National September 11 Memorial & Museum|9/11 commemoration ceremony]] early due to illness.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/us/politics/hillary-clinton-campaign-pneumonia.html |title=Hillary Clinton's Doctor Says Pneumonia Led to Abrupt Exit From 9/11 Event |date=September 12, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/12/politics/hillary-clinton-health-transparency/index.html |title=Clinton didn't think illness was 'going to be that big a deal' |first=Eric |last=Bradner |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Phillip |first=Abby |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-hillary-clinton-health-20160911-story.html |title=Clinton's impulse to 'power through' with pneumonia set off cascade of problems |date=September 12, 2016 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref> Video footage of Clinton's departure showed Clinton becoming unsteady on her feet and being helped into a van;<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-has-pneumonia-doctor-says-228012|title=Press rips Clinton campaign's handling of health incident|first=Gabriel|last=Debenedetti|website=[[Politico]]|date=September 11, 2016 }}</ref> this footage went viral.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/09/making-hillary-clintons-unwanted-viral-video/|title=The Making of Hillary Clinton's Most Unwanted Viral Video|first=Issie|last=Lapowsky|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]}}</ref> Later that evening, Clinton reassured reporters that she was "feeling great".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-ceremony-idUSKCN11H0JM|title=Suffering from pneumonia, Clinton falls ill at 9/11 memorial,...|date=September 12, 2016|agency=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> The Clinton campaign initially stated that Clinton had become overheated at the event; later on September 11, the campaign acknowledged that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia two days earlier.<ref name="auto1"/> Clinton spent three days recovering at home, canceling several campaign events, before returning to the campaign trail at a rally at the [[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Amy |last=Chozick |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/us/politics/hillary-clinton-campaign.html |title=Hillary Clinton Returns to the Campaign Trail Amid Health Questions |date=September 15, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Following the 9/11 event, the Clinton campaign was criticized by some media outlets for a lack of transparency concerning Clinton's health.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/11/hillary-clintons-health-just-became-a-real-issue-in-the-presidential-campaign/ |title=Hillary Clinton's health just became a real issue in the presidential campaign |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Tim |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clintons-medical-scare-highlights-her-transparency-problem/ |title=Hillary Clinton's medical scare highlights her transparency problem |website=[[CBS News]] |date=September 12, 2016 |access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref> A subsequent poll found that 46% of respondents did not believe the campaign's disclosure that Clinton was suffering from pneumonia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/13/us-voters-doubt-clintons-pneumonia-explanation-for-911-collapse-poll-shows|title=Voters doubt Clinton's pneumonia explanation, poll shows|first=Damien|last=Gayle|date=September 13, 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Responding to concerns about transparency, Clinton released supplementary health records from Dr. Bardack, who found that she had had a non-contagious [[bacterial pneumonia]] infection and that she had recovered well with [[antibiotics]] and rest. Bardack wrote that she was "fit to serve as president of the United States."<ref>{{cite news |last=Merica |first=Dan |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/14/politics/clinton-campaign-releases-new-health-information/ |title=Hillary Clinton campaign releases new health information |date=September 15, 2016 |work=[[CNN]]|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
=== Email controversy ===
{{Main|Hillary Clinton email controversy}}

In March 2015, Clinton's practice of using her own private email address and server during her time as Secretary of State, in lieu of State Department servers, attracted widespread public attention.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/us/politics/using-private-email-hillary-clinton-thwarted-record-requests.html |title=Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michael S. |authorlink=Michael S. Schmidt|last2=Chozick |first2=Amy |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> Concerns were raised about security and preservation of emails, and the possibility that laws may have been violated.<ref name="wapo-email">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-department-reviewing-whether-clinton-e-mail-violated-security-rules/2015/03/05/16d1547e-c378-11e4-9271-610273846239_story.html |title=Clinton e-mail review could find security issues |last1=Leonnig |first1=Carol D. |last2=Helderman |first2=Rosalind S. |last3=Gearan |first3=Anne |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> Nearly 2,100 emails contained in Clinton's server were determined to be classified when the state department had an opportunity to review them. According to Clinton they were not marked classified at the time she handled them. 65 emails were found to contain information classified as "Secret", more than 20 contained "Top-Secret" information, and the rest contained "Confidential" information.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Steven Lee |last1=Myers |first2=Julie Hirschfeld |last2=Davis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/us/politics/last-batch-of-hillary-clintons-emails-is-released.html |title=Last Batch of Hillary Clinton's Emails Is Released |date=February 29, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Dinan |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/29/hillary-clinton-secret-email-count-doubles-latest-/ |title=Hillary Clinton 'secret' email count doubles as latest batch is released |work=[[The Washington Times]] |date=February 29, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Josh |last1=Gerstein |first2=Rachael |last2=Bade |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/22-hillary-clinton-emails-declared-top-secret-218420 |title=22 Hillary Clinton emails declared 'top secret' by State Dept |work=[[Politico]] |date=January 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Steven Lee |last=Myers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/us/politics/22-clinton-emails-deemed-too-classified-to-be-made-public.html |title=22 Clinton Emails Deemed Too Classified to Be Made Public |date=January 30, 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Government policy, reiterated in the nondisclosure agreement signed by Clinton as part of gaining her security clearance, is that sensitive information should be considered and handled as classified even if not marked as such.<ref name="Dilanian Feb 4">{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/clinton-emails-held-indirect-references-undercover-cia-officers-n510741 |title=Clinton Emails Held Indirect References to Undercover CIA Officers |first=Ken |last=Dilanian |work=[[NBC News]] |date=February 4, 2016}}</ref> After allegations were raised that some of the emails in question fell into this so-called "born classified" category, an FBI probe was initiated regarding how classified information was handled on the Clinton server.<ref name="Dilanian Feb 4"/><ref name=NYT8815>{{cite news |first1=Scott |last1=Shane |first2=Michael S. |last2=Schmidt |authorlink2=Michael S. Schmidt |title=Hillary Clinton Emails Take Long Path to Controversy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/us/hillary-clinton-emails-take-long-path-to-controversy.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Douglas |last=Cox |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/27/opinions/cox-clinton-email-controversy/ |title=Hillary Clinton email controversy: How serious is it? |date=July 27, 2015 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Glenn |last=Kessler |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/02/04/how-did-top-secret-emails-end-up-on-hillary-clintons-server/ |title=How did 'top secret' emails end up on Hillary Clinton's server? |date=February 4, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

The FBI probe was concluded on July 5, 2016, with a recommendation of no charges, a recommendation that was followed by the Justice Department. On October 28, 11 days before the election, [[FBI Director]] [[James Comey]] informed Congress that the FBI was analyzing additional emails obtained during its investigation of the unrelated matter of former New York Representative [[Anthony Weiner]] [[Anthony Weiner sexting scandals|sexting an underage girl]].<ref name="FbiAbedinEmails">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politics/fbi-reviewing-new-emails-in-clinton-probe-director-tells-senate-judiciary-committee/|title=Comey notified Congress of email probe despite DOJ concerns|last1=Perez|first1=Evan|last2=Brown|first2=Pamela|date=October 29, 2016|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=October 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name="FbiAbedinEmails2">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/30/politics/clinton-emails-fbi-abedin/index.html|title=FBI discovered Clinton-related emails weeks ago|last1=Perez|first1=Evan|last2=Brown|first2=Pamela|date=October 31, 2016|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=October 31, 2016}}</ref> On November 6, he notified Congress that the new emails did not change the FBI's earlier conclusion.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/fbi-completes-review-newly-revealed-hillary-clinton-emails-finds-no-n678701|title=FBI finds no criminality in review of newly discovered Clinton emails|work=[[NBC News]]|date=November 6, 2016|access-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/us/politics/hilary-clinton-male-voters-donald-trump.html|title=Emails Warrant No New Action Against Hillary Clinton, F.B.I. Director Says|date=November 6, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref> The next day, stock and currency markets around the world surged in response.<ref name=Shell>{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/11/07/asian-stocks-bounce-after-fbi-clears-clinton-over-emails/93412244/ | title=Dow surges 300 points as FBI clears Clinton on eve of election | work=[[USA Today]] | date=November 7, 2016 | access-date=November 7, 2016 |last1=Shell |first1=Adam |last2=Onyanga-Omara |first2=Jane}}</ref><ref name=Imbert>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/07/us-markets.html | title=Dow soars 350 points higher on eve of US election; financials, health care lead | work=[[CNBC]] | date=November 7, 2016 | access-date=November 7, 2016 | last=Imbert |first=Fred}}</ref><ref name=Mikolajczak>{{cite web | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets-idUSKBN13115N | title=Stocks, dollar jump as FBI clears Clinton in email probe | agency=[[Reuters]] | date=November 7, 2016 | access-date=November 7, 2016 | last=Mikolajczak |first=Chuck}}</ref> Clinton, speaking to major donors after her loss and citing campaign data, claimed that the effect of the two letters Comey released days before the election contributed to her defeat.<ref name="Politico111216">{{cite news|first=Gabriel |last=Debenedetti|title=Clinton blames Comey letters for defeat|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/hillary-clinton-comey-letters-defeat-231280|work=[[Politico]]|date=November 12, 2016}}</ref>

=== Benghazi hearings ===
{{Main|United States House Select Committee on Benghazi}}
On October 22, 2015, [[United States House Select Committee on Benghazi#October 2015 Hillary Clinton appearance|Clinton testified for a second time]] before the Benghazi Committee and answered members' questions for more than eight hours in a public hearing.<ref name="ShearSchmidt">{{cite news |first1=Michael D. |last1=Shear |first2=Michael S. |last2=Schmidt |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/us/politics/hillary-clinton-benghazi-committee.html |title=Benghazi Panel Engages Clinton in Tense Session |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=David A. |last1=Fahrenthold |first2=Elise |last2=Viebeck |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clintons-benghazi-testimony-today-has-high-political-stakes-for-both-sides/2015/10/22/beff40d2-7838-11e5-bc80-9091021aeb69_story.html |title=GOP lands no solid punches while sparring with Clinton over Benghazi |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/22/transcript-clinton-testifies-before-house-committee-on-benghazi/ |title=Full Text of Hearing: "Clinton testifies before House committee on Benghazi" |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 22, 2015}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that "the long day of often-testy exchanges between committee members and their prominent witness revealed little new information about an episode that has been the subject of seven previous investigations...Perhaps stung by recent admissions that the pursuit of Mrs. Clinton's emails was politically motivated, Republican lawmakers on the panel for the most part avoided any mention of her use of a private email server."<ref name="ShearSchmidt"/> The email issue did arise shortly before lunch, in a "shouting match" between Republican committee chair [[Trey Gowdy]] and two Democrats, [[Adam Schiff]] and [[Elijah Cummings]].<ref name="ShearSchmidt"/> Late in the hearing, Representative [[Jim Jordan]], Republican of Ohio, accused Clinton of changing her accounts of the email service, leading to a "heated exchange" in which Clinton "repeated that she had made a mistake in using a private email account, but maintained that she had never sent or received anything marked classified and had sought to be transparent by publicly releasing her emails,"<ref name="ShearSchmidt"/> a claim that was later contradicted by James Comey.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-comey-emails-1494374889-htmlstory.html|title=Here's what James Comey said about Hillary Clinton's emails back in July|first=Marc|last=Duvoisin|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

According to ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'', the hearings provided a positive momentum for Clinton's 2016 campaign, with her performance generating headlines such as "Marathon Benghazi hearing leaves Hillary Clinton largely unscathed" (CNN), and "GOP lands no solid punches while sparring with Clinton over Benghazi" (''The Washington Post''). Her campaign received a windfall of donations, mostly coming from new donors.<ref>{{cite web |first=Raul A. |last=Reyes |title=Clinton testimony upstages GOP's 2016 field |url=http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/258051-clinton-testimony-upstages-gops-2016-field |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=October 26, 2015}}</ref>

===WikiLeaks===
During the week of the Democratic National Convention, [[WikiLeaks]] released [[Podesta emails|emails]] suggesting that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee tilted the primary in favor of Clinton. In an excerpt of [[Donna Brazile]]'s book, ''[[Hacks: The Inside Story]]'', published in [[Politico|''Politico'' magazine]], Brazile wrote that she had found an unethical agreement between the Clinton campaign and the DNC which had allowed Clinton to exert "control of the party long before she became its nominee."<ref name="rucker">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/brazile-i-considered-replacing-clinton-with-biden-as-2016-democratic-nominee/2017/11/04/f0b75418-bf4c-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html|title=Donna Brazile: I considered replacing Clinton with Biden as 2016 Democratic nominee|last=Rucker|first=Philip|date=November 4, 2017|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name = "Lima">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/05/donna-brazile-rigged-democrats-clinton-sanders-244566|title=Brazile: I found 'no evidence' Democratic primary was rigged|last=Lima|first=Christiana|date=November 5, 2017|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774|title=Inside Hillary Clinton's Secret Takeover of the DNC|last=Brazile|first=Donna|authorlink=Donna Brazile|date=November 2, 2017|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> In an interview on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[This Week (American TV program)|This Week]]'' on November 5, 2017, Brazile said that she had found no evidence of the Democratic primaries having been rigged in favor of Clinton.<ref name = "Lima" />

=== Burns Strider ===
During the 2016 election, [[Correct the Record]], a pro-Clinton [[political action committee]], suspended former Clinton advisor [[Burns Strider]] over [[sexual harassment]] allegations. Clinton was criticized when it was discovered that she was aware of sexual harassment allegations against Strider when he worked on her 2008 [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] years earlier and against the advice of her staff refused remove him from her campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Haberman|first1=Maggie|last2=Chozick|first2=Amy|date=January 26, 2018|title=Hillary Clinton Chose to Shield a Top Adviser Accused of Harassment in 2008|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/us/politics/hillary-clinton-chose-to-shield-a-top-adviser-accused-of-harassment-in-2008.html|access-date=January 15, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Ruby|last=Cramer|title=Hillary Clinton Let Him Stay. Women Say His Harassment Continued.|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycramer/hillary-clinton-let-him-stay-women-say-his-harassment|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=[[BuzzFeed News]]|date=January 28, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Clinton said she didn't fire Strider because “I didn't think firing him was the best solution to the problem”.

=== Basket of deplorables ===
{{main|Basket of deplorables}}
On August 25, 2016, Clinton gave a speech criticizing Trump's campaign for using "racist lies" and allowing the [[alt-right]] to gain prominence.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/us/politics/hillary-clinton-speech.html |title=Hillary Clinton Says 'Radical Fringe' Is Taking Over G.O.P. Under Donald Trump |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Matt |last=Flegenheimer |date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> 
At a fundraiser on September 9, Clinton stated: "You know, just to be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. They're [[racism|racist]], [[sexism|sexist]], [[homophobia|homophobic]], [[xenophobia|xenophobic]], [[Islamaphobia|Islamophobic]] — you name it."<ref name="npr-20160910">{{cite web |title=Hillary Clinton's 'Basket Of Deplorables,' In Full Context Of This Ugly Campaign |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/09/10/493427601/hillary-clintons-basket-of-deplorables-in-full-context-of-this-ugly-campaign |work=[[National Public Radio|NPR]] |first=Domenico |last=Montanaro |date=September 10, 2016 |quote=The remarks also remind of inflammatory remarks in recent presidential elections on both sides — from Barack Obama's assertion in 2008 that people in small towns are "bitter" and "cling to guns or religion," to Mitt Romney's 2012 statement that 47 percent of Americans vote for Democrats because they are "dependent upon government" and believe they are "victims," to his vice presidential pick Paul Ryan's comment that the country is divided between "makers and takers."}}</ref>
Trump criticized Clinton's remark as insulting to his supporters,<ref name="nyt-20160910">{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton Calls Many Trump Backers 'Deplorables,' and GOP Pounces |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/us/politics/hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Amy |last=Chozick |date=September 10, 2016 |quote=Prof. [[Jennifer Mercieca]], an expert in American political discourse at Texas A&M University, said in an email that the "deplorable" comment "sounds bad on the face of it" and compared it to Mr. Romney's 47 percent gaffe. "The comment demonstrates that she (like Romney) lacks empathy for that group," Professor Mercieca said.}}</ref>
and some political analysts compared the statement to [[Mitt Romney]]'s [[47 percent|47% gaffe]] in 2012.<ref name="npr-20160910" /><ref name="nyt-20160910" /><ref name="wapo-20160926">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/26/voters-strongly-reject-hillary-clintons-basket-of-deplorables-approach/ |title=Voters strongly reject Hillary Clinton's 'basket of deplorables' approach |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |first=Aaron |last=Blake |date=September 26, 2016 |quote=On the other hand, it's not clear whether this comment, even if people don't like it, will have anywhere near the effect that Romney's "47 percent" comment was supposed to have. That's especially because Clinton has backed away from saying it applied to half of Trump supporters and, as I noted two weeks ago, the fact that Romney's comment might have alienated people who actually might have voted for him. Clinton's comment was about people already backing her opponent — a key difference.}}</ref>
The following day Clinton expressed regret for saying "half", while insisting that Trump had deplorably amplified "hateful views and voices".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hillary Clinton Says She Regrets Part of Her 'Deplorables' Comment |url=http://time.com/4486601/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-basket-of-deplorables-half/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |first=Katie |last=Reilly |date=September 10, 2016}}</ref>

The "Deplorables" nickname was [[reappropriation|adopted]] by some Trump supporters,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/09/12/deplorable-and-proud-some-trump-supporters-embrace-label/90290760/ |title='Deplorable' and proud: Some Trump supporters embrace the label |work=[[USA Today]] |first=William |last=Cummings |date=September 12, 2016}}</ref> with the Trump campaign inviting "deplorable Americans" on stage<ref>{{cite news |url=http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/295554-supporters-join-trump-on-stage-we-are-not-deplorable |title=Supporters join Trump on stage: We are not deplorable |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |first=Lisa |last=Hagen |date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> and using the label against Clinton in an advertisement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/clinton-deplorables-trump-ad-228018 |title=Trump releases new ad hitting Clinton for 'deplorables' remark |work=[[Politico]] |first1=Hanna |last1=Trudo |first2=Steven |last2=Shepard |date=September 12, 2016}}</ref>

=== Alleged promotion of ties between Trump and Russia ===
In May 2022, Clinton's former campaign manager [[Robby Mook]] said that Clinton had approved of a plan to pitch the now-discredited accusation to the media that there had been activity between computer servers belonging to the Russian bank [[Alfa-Bank]] and the [[Trump Organization]], on or about October 30, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Larson |first=Erik |date=May 20, 2022|title=Hillary Clinton Approved Trump-Russia Leak to Media, Her Campaign Manager Says |language=en |work=[[Bloomberg.com]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-20/clinton-approved-trump-russia-leak-her-campaign-manager-says |access-date=2022-05-21}}</ref>

==Demographics and interest groups==
===Women===
[[File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 6.jpg|left|thumb|Clinton campaigning on November 2, 2016.]]
In national polling, Clinton enjoyed "the highest level of female support of any candidate in more than four decades," with a 24-point lead in among female registered voters in a [[Pew Research Center]] taken on the eve of the 2016 Democratic National Convention.<ref name="Page">{{cite news |first=Susan |last=Page |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/10/hillary-clinton-women-voters/86793244/ |title=For Clinton, sisterhood is powerful — and Trump helps |work=USA Today |date=July 11, 2016}}</ref> The same polling also showed a 16-percentage point difference in support among women and men, a historically unprecedented gender gap.<ref name="Page"/> Supporters created a private, online group, [[Pantsuit Nation]], to share images in support of the candidate and her campaign. Its 2.9 million members used Clinton's typical choice of [[business wear]]—the [[pantsuit]]—as a symbol of both the candidate and the historical fight for [[women's equality]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/06/politics/pantsuit-nation-trnd/index.html|title='Pantsuit Nation' suits up for Election Day|first=Emanuella |last=Grinberg|work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/7/13546830/pantsuit-nation-hillary-clinton-election-secret-private-facebook-group|title=Pantsuit Nation, the giant, secret Hillary Facebook group, explained|first=Jenée|last=Desmond-Harris|publisher=VOX|date=November 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/08/pantsuits-nation-clinton/93500206/|title=Pantsuits Nation on fire: Clinton thanks viral Facebook group|work=USA Today}}</ref>

===African-American community ===
Clinton enjoyed the overwhelming support of [[African American]] voters in the Democratic primary elections.<ref>{{cite news |last=Troy |first=Gil |author-link=Gil Troy |url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/why-black-voters-dont-feel-the-bern-213707 |title=Why Black Voters Don't Feel the Bern |work=Politico |date=March 7, 2016 |quote=Clinton has clobbered Sanders in states, mainly in the South, with large African-American populations....}}</ref><ref name="Meckler">Laura Meckler, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-women-rally-behind-hillary-clinton-1461866619 Black Women Rally Behind Hillary Clinton], ''Wall Street Journal'' (April 28, 2016): "black women have overwhelmingly supported the former senator and secretary of state over rival Bernie Sanders, with 90% or more of them voting for her in some states. In New York, she took 79% of their votes..."</ref> Overall, 77 percent of Black Democratic primary voters supported Clinton.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Sarah|last1=Dutton|first2=Jennifer|last2=De Pinto|first3=Fred|last3=Backus|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-primary-electorate-key-findings-from-the-exit-polls/|title=Who's voting in the Democratic primaries?|website=[[CBS News]]|date=May 17, 2016}}</ref> Clinton performed especially well among Black women voters.<ref name="Meckler"/> There was a very large age gap among Black voters, with the majority of younger Black voters (under age 30) favoring Sanders but the overwhelming majority of older Black voters favoring Clinton.<ref>{{cite web|first=Perry Jr.|last=Bacon|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/huge-split-between-older-younger-blacks-democratic-primary-n580996|title=Huge Split Between Older and Younger Blacks in the Democratic Primary|website=[[NBC News]]|date=May 28, 2016}}</ref>

In general election polling, Clinton continued to enjoy an overwhelming advantage among Black voters. Nationwide polling in the summer months of 2016 showed Clinton with the support of between 83% and 91% of Black voters.<ref>{{cite web|first=Harry|last=Enten|url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-is-in-fourth-place-among-black-voters/|title=Trump Is In Fourth Place Among Black Voters|website=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|date=August 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Trymaine|last=Lee|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-s-attempts-woo-black-voters-having-opposite-effect-n642331|title=Trump's Attempts to Woo Black Voters Are Having Opposite Effect|website=[[NBC News]]|date=September 3, 2016}}</ref> A key aim of the Clinton campaign was to ensure high [[voter turnout]] for African American voters; with President [[Barack Obama]] making a personal appeal to Black citizens to cast a ballot in the election.<ref>{{cite news|first=Scott|last=Clement|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/06/11/how-black-voters-could-determine-the-2016-election/|title=How black voters could determine the 2016 election|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Amy|last1=Chozick|first2=Julie Hirschfeld|last2=Davis|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/us/politics/obama-trump-clinton.html|title=Obama Sees 'Personal Insult' if Blacks Don't Rally for Hillary Clinton|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Younger Black voters were of particular concern to the Clinton campaign, because this demographic was more skeptical of Clinton than their elders.<ref>Jonathan Martin, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/us/politics/young-blacks-voice-skepticism-on-hillary-clinton-worrying-democrats.html Young Blacks Voice Skepticism on Hillary Clinton, Worrying Democrats], ''New York Times'' (September 4, 2016).</ref><ref>Farai Chideya, [http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/black-millennials-arent-united-behind-clinton-like-their-elders/ Unlike Their Parents, Black Millennials Aren't A Lock For Clinton], ''FiveThirtyEight'' (September 20, 2016).</ref><ref>Jeremy W. Peters & Yamiche Alcindor, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/us/politics/hillary-clinton-millennials-third-party.html Hillary Clinton Struggles to Win Back Young Voters From Third Parties], ''New York Times'' (September 28, 2016).</ref>

Clinton has advocated [[criminal justice reform]] as well as support for African-American youth.<ref name="TPM42915">{{cite news |first=Daniel |last=Strauss |title=Read The Full Text Of Hillary Clinton's Prison Reform Speech |url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-clinton-remarks-prison-reform-speech |work=Talking Points Memo |date=April 29, 2015}}</ref> However, critics have brought up her quote as First Lady regarding the [[Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act]], in which she described young, impoverished black children who had to turn to crime: "They are often the kinds of kids that are called 'super-predators.' No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel."<ref>The Young Turks, (February 11, 2016). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rM156wa780 "Why Do African-Americans Support The Clintons?"] &ndash; via YouTube.</ref> These remarks were used by [[Bernie Sanders]] and Donald Trump to imply racism on Clinton's behalf.<ref>Sanders:
*Lopez, German (April 14, 2016). [https://www.vox.com/2016/4/14/11436614/democratic-debate-sanders-clinton-superpredators-new-york "Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton used a 'racist term'"]. ''Vox''.
Trump:
*Hellman, Jessie (August 8, 2016). [http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/293477-trump-how-quickly-people-forget-clinton-super-predator "Trump: 'How quickly people forget' Clinton 'superpredator' remark".] ''The Hill''.</ref>

===LGBT community ===
[[File:Hillary for America Pride.svg|thumb|145px|Alternate version of Clinton's 2016 campaign logo in rainbow colors, used on [[Twitter]] and on [[Facebook]] by the campaign, after release of the candidate's April 28, 2015, statement on [[same-sex marriage]]]]
Clinton made [[LGBT rights]] a central issue in her campaign. In addition to promoting broader LGBT rights, she also advocates for the right for [[transgender]] people to serve in the military.<ref name="AP-151004">{{cite news |first=Lisa |last=Lerer |title=Hillary Clinton Promotes Gay Rights As Pillar Of 2016 Bid |work=The Huffington Post |date=October 4, 2015 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-gay-rights_us_561133d8e4b0af3706e11be0}}</ref> In the past few years, her public position on same sex marriage and "''[[Don't ask, don't tell]]''" (a [[Bill Clinton]]-era law preventing openly LGB<!-- Do not change to "LGBT"; trans people not covered by DADT --> people from serving in the military) has changed, although she expressed no regret over her previous views.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Grindley|first1=Lucas|title=Hillary Clinton Supports Her Husband's 'Defensive Action' as President|url=http://www.advocate.com/election/2015/10/23/hillary-clinton-supports-her-husbands-defensive-action-president|access-date=March 10, 2017|work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|date=October 23, 2015}}</ref>

Clinton's stance on LGBT rights, like many Democrats, shifted over time with public opinion. As First Lady and a Senator, she opposed same-sex marriage, "favoring arrangements like civil unions", a position which "largely tracked public opinion" of the time.<ref name="wsj-nicholas2015">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/06/26/hillary-clintons-long-road-to-supporting-gay-marriage/ |title=Hillary Clinton's Long Road to Supporting Gay Marriage |last=Nicholas |first=Peter |date=June 26, 2016 |work=[[Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><ref name="Politifact61715">{{cite web |first=Amy |last=Sherman |title=Hillary Clinton's changing position on same-sex marriage |url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/17/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-change-position-same-sex-marriage/ |work=[[Politifact]] |date=June 17, 2015 |quote=...on same-sex marriage we give Clinton a Full Flop}}</ref> In 2004, she opposed a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, and in 2006 she said she would not oppose an effort by New York State officials to legalize same-sex marriage.<ref name="wsj-nicholas2015"/> In March 2013, she formally stated her support for same-sex marriage after stepping down as Secretary of State, stating she supported it "personally and as a matter of policy and law."<ref name="wsj-nicholas2015"/><ref name=Frizell>{{cite magazine |url=http://time.com/3774872/hillary-clinton-campaign-launch/ |title=What Hillary Clinton Did Before Her Campaign |magazine=Time |date=April 12, 2015 |last=Frizell |first=Sam}}</ref> In 2016, her Twitter account stated [[conversion therapy]] for minors should be ended.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/785986459522232320 |title=Hillary Clinton on Twitter: "LGBT kids are perfect exactly the way they are. #BornPerfect |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2016 |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref>

Clinton condemned Indiana's [[Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Indiana)|Religious Freedom Restoration Act]].<ref>{{cite tweet |user=hillaryclinton |number=581267449523343360 |first=Hillary |last=Clinton |title=Sad this new Indiana law can happen in America today. We shouldn't discriminate against ppl bc of who they love #LGBT |date=March 26, 2015}}</ref> She supported the ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]'' ruling.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/statements/2015/06/26/scotus-ruling-marriage-equality/ |title=Statement from Hillary Clinton on the Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality |work=HillaryClinton.com |date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204100628/https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/statements/2015/06/26/scotus-ruling-marriage-equality/ |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also endorsed the [[Equality Act of 2015]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Amanda |last=Terkel |title=Hillary Clinton Endorses LGBT Nondiscrimination Bill |work=The Huffington Post |date=July 23, 2015 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-equality-act_us_55b12877e4b08f57d5d3ed54}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Badash |date=November 7, 2016 |url=http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/hillary_clinton_explains_doma_comments_private_conversations_that_people_did_have_video |title=Hillary Clinton Slams HERO Defeat, Explains DOMA 'Defensive Action' Claim |work=The New Civil Rights Movement}}</ref>

In December 2015, Clinton published a plan for [[LGBT rights]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/2015/12/17/fighting-for-full-equality/ |title=Fighting for Full Equality for LGBT People |work=HillaryClinton.com |access-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113213400/https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/2015/12/17/fighting-for-full-equality/ |archive-date=November 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The next month, the [[Human Rights Campaign]] endorsed her for president.<ref>{{cite web |title=Human Rights Campaign Endorses Hillary Clinton for President |work=Human Rights Campaign |date=January 19, 2016 |url=http://www.hrc.org/blog/human-rights-campaign-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president |access-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211452/http://www.hrc.org/blog/human-rights-campaign-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president |url-status=dead }}</ref> She criticized [[Bernie Sanders]] for calling the Human Rights Campaign "part of the establishment."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/sanders-dismisses-major-womens-group-establishment |title=Sanders dismisses major women's group as 'establishment' |first=Irin |last=Carmon |date=January 20, 2016 |publisher=MSNBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/politics/clinton-sanders-establishment-endorsements/ |title=Hillary Clinton hits Bernie Sanders over Planned Parenthood comments |first=David |last=Wright |date=January 20, 2016 |work=CNN}}</ref>

In March 2016, in an interview with MSNBC at [[Nancy Reagan]]'s funeral service, Clinton credited Reagan with starting the national conversation about [[AIDS]]. Clinton's comments drew heavy criticism from LGBT groups and the media, who said that the [[Reagan and AIDS|Reagans had ignored the issue]], causing Clinton to apologize and retract her statement.<ref>{{cite news |first=Amy |last=Chozick |url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/03/11/hillary-clinton-lauds-reagans-on-aids-a-backlash-erupts/ |title=Hillary Clinton Lauds Reagans on AIDS. A Backlash Erupts. |work=The New York Times |date=March 11, 2016}}</ref>

In October 2016, Clinton became the first major-party presidential candidate ever to write an op-ed for an LGBT newspaper, writing for ''[[Philadelphia Gay News]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epgn.com/news/local/11120-pgn-exclusive-hillary-clinton-addresses-lgbt-equality |title=PGN Exclusive: Hillary Clinton addresses LGBT equality |publisher=Epgn.com |date=2016 |access-date=October 9, 2016 |archive-date=October 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010034910/http://www.epgn.com/news/local/11120-pgn-exclusive-hillary-clinton-addresses-lgbt-equality |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Endorsements ==
{{Main|List of Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign political endorsements|List of Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign non-political endorsements}}
{{see also|Newspaper endorsements in the 2016 United States presidential election}}

Clinton was endorsed by ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref name=NYTboardx>{{cite news |last=Editorial Board |title=Hillary Clinton for President |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 24, 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/opinion/sunday/hillary-clinton-for-president.html}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref name=WPboard>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/hillary-clinton-for-president/2016/10/12/665f9698-8caf-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html|last=Editorial Board|date=October 13, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Hillary Clinton for president}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref name="hil-pol">{{cite news |last=Politico staff |title=LA Times endorses Clinton, bashes Trump |newspaper=Politico |date=September 23, 2016 |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/la-times-endorses-clinton-228566}}</ref> ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=These are unsettling times that require a steady hand: That's Hillary Clinton |last=Editorial Board |work=Houston Chronicle |date=November 3, 2016 |url=http://www.chron.com/opinion/recommendations/article/For-Hillary-Clinton-8650345.php}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/politics/houston-chronicle-hillary-clinton-endorsement/ |title=Hillary Clinton endorsed by Houston Chronicle, Trump 'danger to the Republic' |first=Naomi |last=Lim |publisher=CNN |date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]'',<ref name=borch>{{cite news |last=Borcher |first=Callum |title=Another conservative newspaper editorial board just endorsed Hillary Clinton |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 23, 2016 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/23/another-conservative-newspaper-editorial-board-just-endorsed-hillary-clinton/}}</ref><ref name=nels>{{cite news |last=Nelson |first=Louis |title=Cincinnati Enquirer bucks tradition, endorses Democrat Clinton |newspaper=Politico |date=September 23, 2016 |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/cincinnati-enquirer-endorses-clinton-228581}}</ref> ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=We recommend Hillary Clinton for president |last=Editorial Board |work=Dallas Morning News |date=September 7, 2016 |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2016/09/07/recommend-hillary-clinton-us-president}}</ref><ref name=bcwpo>{{cite news |last=Borchers |first=Callum |title=Dallas Morning News endorses Hillary Clinton, backing first Democrat in 76 years |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 7, 2016 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/07/dallas-morning-news-endorses-hillary-clinton-backing-first-democrat-in-76-years/}}</ref> and ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/editorial/2016/09/27/hillary-clinton-endorsement/91198668/ |title=Endorsement: Hillary Clinton is the only choice to move America ahead |work=The Arizona Republic |last=Editorial Board |date=September 27, 2016}}</ref> editorial boards. The ''Houston Chronicle'' traditionally endorses Republicans later in the election, but chose to endorse Clinton in July. ''The Dallas Morning News'' had not endorsed a Democrat for president since 1940. ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' had not endorsed a Democratic presidential candidate for almost 100 years. ''The Arizona Republic'', which began publishing in 1890, had never endorsed a Democratic candidate.

''[[USA Today]]'', which had never endorsed a presidential candidate, broke the tradition and took sides in the race with an editorial which declared Trump as "erratic", describing his business career as "checkered", calling him a "serial liar" and "unfit for the presidency". The newspaper, however, said the "editorial does not represent unqualified support for Hillary Clinton."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/09/29/dont-vote-for-donald-trump-editorial-board-editorials-debates/91295020/ |title=USA TODAY's Editorial Board: Trump is 'unfit for the presidency' |work=USA Today |date=September 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 29, 2016 |url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-live-updates-trailguide-don-t-vote-for-trump-says-usa-today-1475192834-htmlstory.html |title='Don't vote for Trump,' says USA Today in first presidential endorsement in its history |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/29/usa-todays-editorial-board-trump-is-unfit-for-the-presidency.html |title=USA Today editorial declares Donald Trump is 'unfit for the presidency' |publisher=CNBC |date=September 30, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Atlantic]]'', which had only made two presidential endorsements in its 160-year history, endorsed Clinton.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-makes-history-zero-major-newspaper-endorsements-000943174.html|title=Donald Trump Makes History With Zero Major Newspaper Endorsements |first=Itay|last=Hod|via=Yahoo! |work=The Wrap |date=October 6, 2016}}</ref>

A group of 70 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureates]] endorsed Clinton in an open letter released in October 2016. Among the signatories to the letter were chemist [[Peter Agre]], economist [[Robert J. Shiller]], and physicist [[Robert Woodrow Wilson]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Alan |last=Rappeport |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/19/us/politics/70-nobel-laureates-endorse-hillary-clinton.html |title=70 Nobel Laureates Endorse Hillary Clinton |work=The New York Times |date=October 18, 2016}}</ref>

==Transition planning==
{{see main|Planned presidential transition of Hillary Clinton}}

A [[United States presidential transition|presidential transition]] was contingently planned from President Barack Obama to Clinton in accordance with the [[Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010]] and the Edward "Ted" Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential Transitions Improvements Act of 2015.

== Potential Supreme Court nominees ==
From the beginning of her presidential candidacy, Clinton stated that she would like to nominate justices who would overturn the decision in ''[[Citizens United v. FEC]]'', a case allowing corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Matea |last1=Gold |first2=Anne |last2=Gearan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/05/14/hillary-clintons-litmus-test-for-supreme-court-nominees-a-pledge-to-overturn-citizens-united/ |title=Hillary Clinton's litmus test for Supreme Court nominees: a pledge to overturn Citizens United'|newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> Clinton also voiced support for judges who would vote favorably regarding [[abortion in the United States|abortion]], unions, [[affirmative action]], [[same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]], and President Obama's [[Clean Power Plan]] and [[Deferred Action for Parents of Americans]] program.<ref name="clintonoped1">{{cite news|last1=Clinton|first1=Hillary|title=A make-or-break moment for Supreme Court appointments |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/01/08/make-break-moment-for-supreme-court-appointments/ULPa9x5VEUjqfeTn8rCpdN/story.html |work=Boston Globe |date=January 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name="truger1">{{cite news|last1=Ruger|first1=Todd|title=Clinton, Trump Talk Around Senate in Supreme Court Debate|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/clinton-trump-talk-around-senate-supreme-court-debate|publisher=Roll Call|date=October 19, 2016}}</ref> Clinton also stated that she would look for a nominee who represents the diversity of the country and has professional experience outside of working for large law firms and serving as a judge.<ref name="cfarias1">{{cite news|last1=Farias|first1=Christian|title=Hillary Clinton Has A Vision For The Supreme Court, And It Looks Like Sonia Sotomayor|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-supreme-court-sotomayor_us_57fafd7de4b0b6a4303369c4|access-date=October 21, 2016|work=Huffington Post|date=October 10, 2016}}</ref>

Potential nominees listed in August 2016 by the [[ABA Journal]] included [[Cory Booker]], [[Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar]], [[Merrick Garland]], [[Jane L. Kelly]], [[Amy Klobuchar]], [[Lucy H. Koh]], [[Goodwin Liu]], [[Patricia Millett]], [[Jacqueline Nguyen]], [[Sri Srinivasan]] and [[Paul J. Watford]].<ref name="ABA-8-3">{{cite news |first=Debra Cassens |last=Weiss |url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/who_is_on_hillary_clintons_supreme_court_shortlist/ |title=Who is on Hillary Clinton's Supreme Court shortlist? |work=[[ABA Journal]] |date=August 3, 2016}}</ref> [[Barack Obama]]'s name was also floated.<ref>{{cite news |first=Liz |last=Kreutz |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-appointing-president-obama-supreme-court/story?id=36534796 |title=Hillary Clinton Would Consider Appointing President Obama to Supreme Court |work=ABC News |date=January 26, 2016}}</ref>

==Election results==
[[File:Hillary election party 04 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Stage at Clinton's election night celebration at the Javits Center in New York City]]
[[File:Cartogram—2016 Electoral Vote.svg|thumb|250px|[[Cartogram]] showing the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] Electoral College results. {{nowrap|Each square represents one elector.}}]]
The Clinton campaign held its election night celebration at the [[Javits Center]] in [[New York City]], in an event headlined by speakers including [[Chuck Schumer]], [[Andrew Cuomo]], [[Bill de Blasio]], and [[Katy Perry]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-dark-night-at-the-javits-center |title=A dark night at the Javits Center |author=Heller, Nathan |magazine=The New Yorker |date=November 9, 2016 |access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref> At the conclusion of the event, cannons filled with translucent confetti were set to deploy from the glass roof of the Javits Center to symbolize "breaking the [[glass ceiling]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/14/politics/hillary-clinton-confetti-art-trnd/index.html |title=An artist creates a giant snowglobe with Hillary Clinton's unused election night confetti |author=Coleman, Nancy |work=CNN |date=July 14, 2017 |access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref> The campaign initially obtained permits to set off fireworks from a barge on the [[Hudson River]], but cancelled the display on November 7.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/11/clinton-campaign-extinguishes-election-night-fireworks-show.html |title=Clinton Campaign Extinguishes Election Night Fireworks Show |author=Raymond, Adam K. |work=New York Magazine |date=November 7, 2016 |access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:HRC 2016 concession 20 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Clinton delivering her concession speech]]
As the results came in on election night, November 8, 2016, Clinton lost in multiple states that she had been predicted to win, including the [[Blue wall (U.S. politics)|blue wall states]] of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In the early morning hours of November 9, media sources declared Trump the winner of the presidency.<ref name="NYTimes:Clinton vs. Trump: Voters Have Their Say on Election Day">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/us/politics/election-day-voting.html|title=Clinton vs. Trump: Voters Have Their Say on Election Day|date=November 9, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> Clinton lost the electoral vote while winning the popular vote, in what the ''New York Times'' called a "surprise outcome" after polls leading up to election day had predicted a Clinton victory.<ref name="NYTimes: Hillary Clinton has an 85% chance to win">{{cite news|title=Hillary Clinton has an 85% chance to win|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html|work=The New York Times|date=November 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes: Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment">{{cite news|last1=Flegenheimer|first1=Matt|last2=Barbaro|first2=Michael|title=Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-president.html?emc=edit_na_20161109&nlid=58992332&ref=cta|work=The New York Times|date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> Despite her strong showing at the polls nationally, and encouraged by then-President Barack Obama, she congratulated Trump on the win in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016, and delivered her public concession speech at 11:50 AM ET, November 9, 2016, at the Grand Ballroom of the [[New Yorker Hotel]].<ref name="Keneally">{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-expected-give-concession-speech-shortly/story?id=43416467
|title=Hillary Clinton Publicly Concedes: 'This Is Painful, and It Will Be for a Long Time' |last1=Keneally|first1=Meghan|date=November 9, 2016|work=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Samuelson |first1=Kate |title=Watch Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech |url=https://time.com/4564143/hillary-clinton-concession-speech/ |magazine=Time |access-date=2 February 2021 |date=9 November 2016}}</ref>

On November 9, Clinton's Twitter account tweeted, "To all the little girls watching...never doubt that you are valuable and powerful & deserving of every chance & opportunity in the world [to pursue and achieve your own dreams]". Drawn from part of Clinton's concession speech, these words became the most retweeted political tweet of the year, the third most retweeted tweet of the year, and the top retweet in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|first=Matthew |last=Rozsa |url=http://www.salon.com/2016/12/06/hillary-clinton-may-not-have-won-the-white-house-but-she-won-twitter/ |title=Hillary Clinton may not have won the White House, but she won Twitter |work=Salon.com |date=November 16, 2016}}</ref>

Trump received 304 electoral college votes to Clinton's 227, with two Trump electors and five Clinton electors voting for someone else.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/election/results|title=2016 election results, presidential results|date=November 23, 2016|work=CNN|access-date=November 24, 2016|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231012825/http://edition.cnn.com/election/results|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president
|title=Presidential Election Results: Donald J. Trump Wins |work=The New York Times|date=August 9, 2017}}</ref><ref name="TaylorJ">{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/11/28/503624804/trump-officially-wins-michigan-as-possible-recount-looms
|title=Trump Officially Wins Michigan As Possible Recount Looms |last1=Taylor|first1=Jessica|date=November 28, 2016|publisher=NPR}}</ref> In the nationwide popular vote, Clinton received over 2.8 million (2.1%) more votes than Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/2016.php |title=Election 2016|publisher=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|date=December 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Evon">{{cite news|url=http://www.snopes.com/2016/11/13/who-won-the-popular-vote/|title=Final vote count 2016|last1=Evon|first1=Dan|date=November 13, 2016|work=Snopes.com}}</ref><ref name="Conway">{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/clinton-popular-vote-trump-2016-election-231434|title=Clinton's lead in the popular vote passes 1 million|last1=Conway|first1=Madeline|date=November 15, 2016|work=Politico}}</ref> This is the widest-ever lead in the popular vote for a candidate who lost the election.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/11/25/503374202/clintons-popular-vote-lead-is-now-over-2-million-but-dont-expect-big-changes|title=Clinton's Popular-Vote Lead Is Now Over 2 Million, But Don't Expect Big Changes|last=Montanaro|first=Domenico|date=November 25, 2016|publisher=NPR}}</ref> It also makes Clinton the first woman to win the popular vote in an election for United States president.<ref>{{cite web|first=Allison |last=Adato |url=http://people.com/politics/i-was-there-inside-hillary-clintons-election-night-party-without-the-guest-of-honor/ |title=Inside Hillary Clinton's Election Night Party |magazine=People |date=November 9, 2016}}</ref>

Clinton's losses in the "blue wall" states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin played a major role in the outcome of the campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/trumps-road-to-victory/507203/|title=The States Hillary Clinton Neglected Led to Her Defeat|first=Ronald|last=Brownstein|date=November 10, 2016|website=The Atlantic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-blue-wall/index.html|title=Trump stomps all over the Democrats' Blue Wall &#124; CNN Politics|first=Theodore|last=Schleifer|date=November 9, 2016|website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-09-10/can-biden-rebuild-the-blue-wall|title=Biden lavishes time and money on key industrial states, but hasn't locked them down yet|date=September 10, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/09/how-clinton-lost-blue-wall-states-mich-pa-wis/93577628/|title=How Clinton lost 'blue wall' states of Mich., Pa., Wis.|website=USA TODAY}}</ref>

== Effectiveness ==
After a loss that was widely perceived as a surprise, critics alleged that the Clinton team ran an ineffective campaign. Several issues have been highlighted. A study by [[Wesleyan University|Wesleyan Media Project]] has shown that Clinton's TV ads "were almost entirely policy-free". The researchers wrote that "misallocated advertising funds" and "lack of policy messaging in advertising may have hurt Clinton enough to have made a difference".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/8/14848636/hillary-clinton-tv-ads|title=Study: Hillary Clinton's TV ads were almost entirely policy-free|author=Jeff Stein|date=8 March 2017|website=Vox}}</ref> In ''[[Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign]]'', reporters [[Jonathan Allen (journalist)|Jonathan Allen]] and Amie Parnes state that the campaign had "little vision or inspiration", an "ineffective" strategy that focused on "turnout, not persuasion" and reliance on a "faulty analytic model", amongst other issues.<ref>{{cite web|first=Thomas|last=Goulding|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hillary-clinton-failed-us-presidential-campaign-five-things-learn-book-shattered-jonathan-allen-allison-parnes-a7715991.html|title=Five things we've learned about Hillary Clinton's failed presidential campaign from new inside account|website=The Guardian|date=4 May 2017}}</ref> Political scientist [[Stan Greenberg]] stated that Clinton focused on "[her] base and identity at the expense of class", that she did not call out "big-money special interests", and that her campaign focused too heavily on "data analytics".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://prospect.org/power/lost/|title=How She Lost|website=The American Prospect|author=Stan Greenberg|date=21 September 2017}}</ref> Media outlets pointed to other perceived weaknesses in the campaign, including the lack of a coherent message,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2017/06/03/hillary-clintons-big-problem-wasnt-bad-data-it-was-bad-politics/|title=Hillary Clinton's big problem wasn't bad data &mdash; it was bad politics|date=June 3, 2017|website=[[Salon.com|Salon]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/06/donald-trump-campaign|title=The Trump Campaign Is in Full Nuclear Meltdown Mode|date=June 6, 2016|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Richard|last=Cohen|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/08/cohen-walter-mondale-the-original-hillary-clinton/|title=Cohen: Walter Mondale, the original Hillary Clinton|website=[[Mercury News]]|date=May 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Jesse|last=Marx|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/05/six-months-after-clinton-loss-public-wants-answers-beyond-russia-and-comey-author-says/310129001/|title=Six months after Clinton loss, public wants answers 'beyond Russia and Comey,' author says|website=[[The Desert Sun]]|date=May 5, 2017}}</ref> an unwillingness to heed signs of trouble,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/michigan-hillary-clinton-trump-232547|title=How Clinton lost Michigan — and blew the election|first=Edward-Isaac|last=Dovere|date=December 14, 2016|website=[[Politico]]}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-hillary-clinton-lost-bad-campaign-perspec-20161114-story.html|title=Why did Hillary Clinton lose? Simple. She ran a bad campaign.|date=November 14, 2016|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> and the failure to remedy some voters' perception that Clinton was simply untrustworthy.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/> [[Chris Cillizza]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' named Clinton "the worst candidate of 2016".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cillizza |first=Chris |authorlink=Chris Cillizza| date=November 25, 2021|title=The worst candidate of 2016 |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/20/the-worst-candidate-of-2016/ |access-date=August 6, 2023 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

Despite this, political scientists [[John M. Sides]], Michael Tesler and [[Lynn Vavreck]] dispute the criticism that Clinton ran an inept campaign, saying that this is a "myth" and there is little evidence to support the criticism.<ref>{{Cite news|first1=John|last1=Sides|first2=Michael|last2=Tesler|first3=Lynn|last3=Vavreck|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/myths-about-the-2016-presidential-election/2018/10/05/4e07a22a-c808-11e8-b2b5-79270f9cce17_story.html|title=Perspective {{!}} Five myths about the 2016 election|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en|date=October 5, 2018|access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref> A common critique of the Clinton campaign is that it did not campaign in Wisconsin (which Trump narrowly won); however, according to a study by political scientist Christopher J. Devine, it is "unclear" from the evidence "whether Clinton also would have gained votes, or even won, in Wisconsin had she campaigned in that state."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Devine|first=Christopher J.|date=July 26, 2018|title=What if Hillary Clinton Had Gone to Wisconsin? Presidential Campaign Visits and Vote Choice in the 2016 Election|journal=The Forum|language=en|volume=16|issue=2|pages=211–234|doi=10.1515/for-2018-0011|s2cid=149591403|issn=1540-8884|doi-access=free}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign]]
* [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign]]
* ''[[Mueller Report]]''
*''[[Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign]]'', a best-selling book published in April 2017
* [[Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]] and [[Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)]]
* [[What Happened (Clinton book)|''What Happened'']] by Hillary Clinton, published in September 2017

==Notes==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160204172958/https://www.hillaryclinton.com/about/bio/ Campaign biography, "Hillary's Story"]
* {{YouTube|5NPavp5WrTE|''Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech''}}
* {{YouTube|k-2mQLNOnhw|''Official Presidential Launch Speech'' (45:40)&nbsp;– (June 13, 2015; Roosevelt Island, NYC, NY).}}
* [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/22/hillary-clintons-top-10-campaign-promises/ Hillary Clinton's top 10 campaign promises on PolitiFact.com]
* [https://ballotpedia.org/Hillary_Clinton_presidential_campaign,_2016 Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on Ballotpedia.org]
* [https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?id=N00000019 Hillary Clinton's fundraising data on OpenSecrets.org]

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