Hillary Clinton President Campaign 2016: Former Secretary of State Talks Candidacy at ASU
The Clinton clan participated in a forum at Arizona State University on Saturday night as part of the Clinton Global Initiative University, which partners with various U.S. universities.
Former President Bill Clinton, former First Lady Hillary Clinton, and their daughter Chelsea Clinton, 34, headed to Tempe, Ariz. for the weekend and answered audience questions during the forum, which was moderated by late-night TV host and ASU alumnus Jimmy Kimmel.
According to Fox News, Hillary, who is rumored to be vying for the presidential nomination in 2016, told the audience she was still undecided about running for election.
She said she was "obviously thinking about all kinds of decisions."
A female University of California, Berkley student who attended Saturday's event asked Hillary, "If you don't represent women in politics in America as a future president, who will?"
"I am very much concerned about the direction of our country," the former Secretary of State said. "And it's not just who runs for office, but what they do when they get there and how we bring people together and, particularly, empower young people so we can tackle these hard decisions."
According to Fox, Hillary has attended and spoken at numerous public events after her departure from the White House post as secretary of state. Her recent influx of events has given most political pundits the idea that she is pre-campaigning.
Despite that no one has stepped forward to declaring their candidacy for either policial party, Hillary is leading the polls as the potential Democratic nominee for president in 2016, according to most polls, Fox reported.
Throughout the forum, members of the Clinton family answered various questions regarding climate change and life in politics.
Hillary acknowledged that the younger generation and college students are the ones who understand the threat of climate change and said she would like to see a mobilization of political demands toward climate change.
"I'm hoping there will be this mass movement that demands political change, that makes what public officials do on dealing with carbon emissions ... a voting issue," Hillary said.
Following the forum, the comedian host decided to give Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres a run for her money by taking a celebrity selfie of his own.
Kimmel tweeted a photo of himself in the middle of the Clinton family with several students in the background as a light-hearted jab at the daytime show host's selfie during the Academy Awards.
"@TheEllenShow- No Brad Cooper, but 3 Clintons & a Kimmel @BillClinton @HillaryClinton @ChelseaClinton #selfie," Kimmel tweeted.