U.S. senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York outlined four goals she wanted to achieve as president in a new stump speech in New Hampshire on Sunday, the first day of a two-day kickoff for her fall push.
Describing herself as a pragmatist and an alliance-builder, Clinton said her strategies would yield more results than those of her two chief rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina.
"Change and Experience" is the Clinton camp's catchword, signifying she is the most experienced candidate and would still represent change, as a woman and an ideological opposite of President Bush.
"Some people think you should have to choose between change and experience," Clinton said in Concord. "Well, with me, you don’t have to choose. I have spent my entire life fighting for change."
Clinton added: "Change is just a word without the strength and experience to make it happen."
Clinton laid out her four goals: "restore America's standing in the world," "rebuild America’s middle class and the economy to support it," "reform our government" and "reclaim the future for our children."
More forcefully than usual, Clinton also reminded the audience that she is running to be the first woman president.
"I believe that this nation can shatter the highest glass ceiling," she said.
She vowed that if she is elected, she would ask distinguished Americans of both parties to travel the world before her inauguration to signal a new, more inclusive world view. But she said she would never compromise on key issues, such as abortion rights.
Source: Xinhua/agencies
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