--- title: Hillary Clinton to Decide on 2016 White House Run Next Year description: The possible presidential contender is heavily favored to win the Democratic nod if she runs canonical: https://time.com/3274766/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-05T19:08:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:31.704Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton to Decide on 2016 White House Run Next Year og:description: The possible presidential contender is heavily favored to win the Democratic nod if she runs og:url: https://time.com/3274766/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt669abc4fdb73d452/6986a238e53aba02334d4494/ap907704281890.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton to Decide on 2016 White House Run Next Year twitter:description: The possible presidential contender is heavily favored to win the Democratic nod if she runs twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt669abc4fdb73d452/6986a238e53aba02334d4494/ap907704281890.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clinton Says She'll Decide on White House Run Next Year ## Video: 5 Campaign Themes Hillary Clinton Is Test Driving [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Campaign Themes Hillary Clinton Is Test Driving](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1xvVf2Wa.m3u8) (1:54)  _Published 2014-01-16. Because you never know_  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Sep 5, 2014 7:08 PM UTC  Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the scholarship recipients of the Telmex Foundation during the annual Mexico XXI Century event, hosted by billionaire Carlos Slim, in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the scholarship recipients of the Telmex Foundation during the annual Mexico XXI Century event, hosted by billionaire Carlos Slim, in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday,Dario Lopez-Mills—AP  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Sep 5, 2014 7:08 PM UTC Hillary Clinton said Friday that she’ll [wait](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/clinton-make-decision-presidential-run-early-january) until next year to decide whether or not she’s running for president in 2016. “I am going to be making a decision… probably after the first of the year about whether I’m going to run again or not,” the former Secretary of State said in Mexico City, Reuters reports. She was speaking at an event hosted by the charitable group run by Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim, one of the richest men in the world. Slim has been a donor to the Clinton Foundation. Clinton made an unsuccessful attempt for the Democratic nomination in 2008, losing to Barack Obama. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/clinton-make-decision-presidential-run-early-january)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3274766/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3274766/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race/"},"headline":"Clinton Says She'll Decide on White House Run Next Year","datePublished":"2014-09-05T19:08:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:31.704Z","description":"The possible presidential contender is heavily favored to win the Democratic nod if she runs","url":"https://time.com/3274766/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt669abc4fdb73d452/6986a238e53aba02334d4494/ap907704281890.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt669abc4fdb73d452/6986a238e53aba02334d4494/ap907704281890.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton","caption":"Hillary Clinton","creditText":"Dario Lopez-Mills—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3274766/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race/","name":"Clinton Says She'll Decide on White House Run Next Year"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Campaign Themes Hillary Clinton Is Test Driving","description":"Because you never know","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1xvVf2Wa/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-16T21:35:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1xvVf2Wa.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3274766/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race/","duration":"PT1M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3274766/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-race/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```