Y do it? because change matters.

Clinton had been mentioned as a potential candidate for United States President since at least October 2002.[230] She has been ranked among the world's most powerful people by Forbes magazine[231] and Time magazine's Time 100.[232] On January 20, 2007, Clinton announced on her Web site the formation of a presidential exploratory committee, with the intention to become a candidate for president in the United States presidential election of 2008. In her announcement, she stated, "I'm in. And I'm in to win."[233] No woman has ever been nominated by a major party for President of the United States; Clinton is also the first wife of an American president to run for the office.[86]

Clinton led the field of candidates competing for the Democratic nomination in opinion polls for the election throughout the first half of 2007. Most polls placed Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina as Clinton's closest competitors in the early caucus and primary election states.[234][235] Clinton set records for early fundraising,[218] which Obama then topped in the following months[236] before Clinton later regained the money lead;[237] but Clinton generally maintained her lead in the polls.[238][239] By September 2007, opinion polling in the first six states holding Democratic primaries or caucuses showed that Clinton was leading in all of them, with the races being closest in Iowa and South Carolina. By October 2007, national polls had Clinton far ahead of any Democratic competitor.[240] At the end of October, Clinton suffered what writers for The Washington Post, ABC News, The Politico, and other outlets characterized as a rare poor debate performance as she was attacked by Obama, Edwards, and her other opponents.[241][242][243]

In April 2007, the Clintons liquidated a blind trust that had been established when he became president in 1993, in order to avoid the possibility of ethical conflicts or political embarrassments in the trust as Hillary Clinton undertook her presidential race;[244][245] later disclosure statements revealed that the couple's worth was now upwards of $50 million.[245]

In late August 2007, a major contributor to, and "bundler" for, Clinton's campaign, called a "HillRaiser", Norman Hsu, was revealed to be a 15-years-long fugitive in an investment fraud case.[246] He was also suspected of having broken campaign finance law regarding his bundling collections.[247] The Clinton campaign first said it would donate to charity the $23,000 that Hsu personally contributed to her, [248] then said it would refund to 260 donors the full $850,000 in bundled donations raised by Hsu.[249] Hsu was subsequently indicted on new investment fraud charges.

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