Hillary Clinton “shocked nobody in the media when she announced that she was running for president on Sunday – but her next move took reporters by surprise,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
“Clinton didn’t get on a campaign plane and head to Iowa. Instead, she and a small group of staff piled into what the candidate calls the Scooby van. They are road-tripping it to Iowa. The press was not invited.”
“The trip has all the makings of a campaign gimmick, but a pretty clever one as these things go. Clinton is launching into a listening tour where she is seeking meaningful conversations that are not drowned out by the spectacle of the campaign. No better way to do that than to give reporters the slip and hit the road.”
First Read says “the road trip adds some humanity to the rollout that made it seem less manufactured. It was a surprise that allows her to break out of the bubble and show her human side. Remember, Clinton has always been strongest as a politician when she shows her human side.”
CNN reports Clinton was spotted at a gas station in Pennsylvania.
