Hillary Clinton: It ‘Would Be a Very Strong Statement’ for U.S. to Elect Female President

Hillary Clinton played coy about her presidential ambitions yesterday during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting, saying that she thought it “would be a very strong statement” for the United States to elect a female president.

“That is a question that I will answer taking myself totally out of it,” Clinton said when CNN’s Sanjay Gupta asked her “how important” it would be to her to see the U.S. elect a female commander in chief. “Someday I hope it happens,” Clinton said. For her, the former first lady explained, seeing a female president is “part of a larger mission to expand participation and leadership among women around the world.”