Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is headed to Twitter and Facebook headquarters on Monday as a part of a promotional tour for her new book "Hard Choices."
Clinton will host a live Facebook Q&A where she will answer questions posted by people on her official Facebook page. Later in the day, she will head up to Twitter where users can ask questions using the #AskHillary hashtag.
There's no word yet whether Clinton will discuss her possible run for president in the 2016 election. But that won't mean there will be a scarcity of things to talk about, given the fact that a new website called Poor Hillary Clinton, launched today. Funded by the Republican National Committee, the new website documents how much wealth the Clinton family has accumulated over the years through book sales, speaking fees and real estate.
The website is a response to Clinton telling Diane Sawyer in an interview in June that she and former President Bill Clinton were "dead broke" after leaving the White House. "We had no money when we got there and we struggled to piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for Chelsea's education. It was not easy," she told Sawyer.
This picture of the Clintons' struggling doesn't seem to jibe well with the fact that Hillary Clinton charges about $200,000, five times the median income, for one speech. The website capitalizes on this fact, including news links that reference the Clintons' wealth. There is no doubt that the topic of the website will be brought up during Clinton's Facebook and Twitter Q&As.
Whether you find the website's dedication to the Clintons' wealth relevant or ridiculous, it is interesting that the Republicans decided to create a Tumblr-style website instead of releasing the typical, slander-filled television commercial.
In the last election, social media played a huge role among the voters, but perhaps the 2016 election will be the first election where the actual parties embrace different types of social media and online campaigns. Could Republican and Democrat Snapchats, Tumblrs and Vines be in our future? We will have to wait until 2016, but we are guessing memes of Joe Biden would probably do fantastic on the Democratic National Committee's Instagram page.
