Hillary Clinton to officially announce this weekend her campaign to become America's fist female president

 

Feelers from Hillary Clinton camp says the powerful woman/politician will officially announce her campaign to become America's first female president this weekend.

The former First Lady faces no substantial competition for the Democratic nomination in 2016 but is anticipating a long battle to win the support of the country.

A variety of sources in the Clinton orbit said they were anticipating an imminent announcement but would not confirm reports that the announcement was expected to come at Sunday lunchtime in the form of an announcement on social media. 

Despite no confirmation from her camp as to how this announcement will be made, Clinton is expected to make her intentions known through a social media announcement followed by campaign travel.

 

This focus on digital communications is an attempt to connect with young voters, who Clinton desperately needs on her side if she is to become American's first female president.  Clinton is likely to make her announcement on Twitter.

The message is expected to be followed up with email and video announcements.

 

In her previous presidential run in 2008, Clinton lost to the current president, Barack Obama, in part because of the Obama campaign's clever use of social media to draw attention to his candidacy and raise huge sums through small donations.