Friday, December 25, 2015

7th Annual Hillary Clinton Year in Review: Installment VI June 2015

Early June brought Hillary to Texas Southern University where she was awarded the Barbara Jordan inaugural Gold Medallion for Public-Private Leadership.  It was the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, and Hillary took on Republican voter suppression.

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On June 13 she officially launched her campaign on Roosevelt Island's FDR Four Freedoms Park.  There, she echoed words she had spoken in Texas when talking about Republican efforts to place obstacles before Democratic voters. "What part of democracy are they afraid of?"

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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves before she delivers her "official launch speech" at a campaign kick off rally in Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island in New York City, June 13, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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As when she announced, she followed the launch by immediately traveling to Iowa for a launch party there followed by a rally.

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to supporters during a rally, Sunday, June 14, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton greets supporters following a rally, Sunday, June 14, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. Clinton's campaign has signaled Iowa will be the centerpiece of its ground game. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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And then she was quickly up and away for New Hampshire where she read to some toddlers and rolled out her plan for universal preschool.
06-15-15-OZ-0206-15-15-OZ-07Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reads a book to a Pre-K class during a campaign stop at the YMCA in Rochester, New Hampshire June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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She also packed a barn on a rainy night for some good, old-fashioned barn-storming.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, is greeted by people that packed into a barn as rain fell, Monday, June 15, 2015, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)People packed into a barn to see and hear Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton as rain fell, Monday, June 15, 2015, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)06-15-15-Z-11
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She keynoted the Manchester Flag Day event.
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Next stop was South Carolina where she addressed youth job training at a technical college.
06-17-15-Z-23Phoebe Jordan, 8, center right, clutches a stuffed donkey while listening to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton address an audience during a campaign stop at Trident Technical College Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in North Charleston, S.C. Sitting at left is Jordan's teacher Kim Davidson with her daughter Caroline at right. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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A few days later she was in Nevada speaking to elected Latino officials and visiting veterans at a VFW hall.
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada June 18, 2015. REUTERS/Steve Marcus
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton meets with veterans in Nevada at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Historic Post 9211 on a campaign stop in Reno, June 18, 2015. Clinton, the Democratic front-runner for the 2016 presidential race, said on Thursday she opposes blanket privatization of military veterans' healthcare but realizes that vets need choices. REUTERS/James Glover II
In San Francisco she addressed mayors in the aftermath of the attack at the Mother Emmanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston.

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There was a campaign stop in Missouri not far from Ferguson.

On the 26th, via Twitter, she celebrated the SCOTUS decision on marriage equality and also issued a statement.
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She was in Charleston for the funeral of Clementa Pinckney and met Governor Nikki Haley.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, talks with Gov. Nikki Haley at the funeral service for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Friday, June 26, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (L) hugs U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Clinton after funeral services for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina June 26, 2015. Pinckney was one of nine victims of a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Chruch. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, talks with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, at the funeral service for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Friday, June 26, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) talks with first lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama after the conclusion of funeral services for Rev. Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina June 26, 2015. Pinckney was one of nine victims of a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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VA Dems welcomed her enthusiastically to the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner where she spoke on a variety of issues.
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves at the Virginia Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson party fundraising dinner at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, June 26, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton walks on the stage with Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, center, at a Jefferson Jackson event hosted by the Democratic Party of Virginia at George Mason University’s Patriot Center, in Fairfax, Va., Friday, June 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton walks on the stage with Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, left, during a Jefferson Jackson event hosted by the Democratic Party of Virginia at George Mason University’s Patriot Center, in Fairfax, Va., Friday, June 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)06-26-15-Z-11
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