--- title: 2016 Presidential Race: Hillary Clinton Joins LinkedIn description: Hillary Clinton just did what lots of people looking for jobs do: She joined LinkedIn. canonical: https://time.com/3892182/hillary-clinton-linkedin/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-21T13:02:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:03:23.156Z article:section: Politics og:title: 2016 Presidential Race: Hillary Clinton Joins LinkedIn og:description: Hillary Clinton just did what lots of people looking for jobs do: She joined LinkedIn. og:url: https://time.com/3892182/hillary-clinton-linkedin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03d403bf19685f13/6988511a428a9e5a70ccd58a/hillary-clinton6.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic presidential hopeful and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives for a meeting with parents and child care workers at the Center for New Horizons on May 20, 2015 in Chicago. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2016 Presidential Race: Hillary Clinton Joins LinkedIn twitter:description: Hillary Clinton just did what lots of people looking for jobs do: She joined LinkedIn. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03d403bf19685f13/6988511a428a9e5a70ccd58a/hillary-clinton6.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Joins LinkedIn Because 'She's Looking for a New Job' by [Claire Zillman / Fortune](https://time.com/author/fortune/) ## Claire Zillman / Fortune May 21, 2015 1:02 PM UTC  Democratic presidential hopeful and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives for a meeting with parents and child care workers at the Center for New Horizons on May 20, 2015 in Chicago. Democratic presidential hopeful and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives for a meeting with parents and child care workers at the Center for New Horizons on May 20, 2015 in Chicago.Scott Olson—Getty Images by [Claire Zillman / Fortune](https://time.com/author/fortune/) ## Claire Zillman / Fortune May 21, 2015 1:02 PM UTC Hillary Clinton just did what lots of people looking for jobs do: [She joined LinkedIn.](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/four-ways-jump-start-small-business-hillary-clinton) The 2016 presidential candidate, who [has portrayed herself as the small business candidate](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/us/politics/hillary-clinton-says-law-is-hurting-small-banks-and-businesses.html), on Thursday wrote [a post on the career networking site](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/four-ways-jump-start-small-business-hillary-clinton) that laid out her plan for how to jumpstart small businesses. “It’s still too hard to get a business started today,” she wrote. “Hard work is no longer enough to guarantee opportunity. Credit is too tough to come by. Too many regulatory and licensing requirements are uneven and uncertain.” She laid out four potential fixes. 1\. Cut red tape that holds back small businesses and entrepreneurs 2\. Expand access to capital 3\. Provide tax relief and tax simplification for small business 4\. Expand access to new markets Her campaign made light of her new LinkedIn account in a Twitter post. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/601360736594571264) [_This article originally appeared on Fortune.com_ ](http://fortune.com/2015/05/21/hillary-clinton-linkedin/) ### See Every Hillary Clinton TIME Cover  The September 14, 1992 issue of TIME Gregory Heisler  The May 10, 1993 issue of TIME Steve Liss  The March 21, 1994 issue of TIME Dirck Halstead  The March 18, 1996 issue of TIME Brad Markel  The July 1, 1996 issue of TIME TIME  The October 20, 1997 issue of TIME Patrick Demarchelier  The Feb. 9, 1998, issue of TIME. 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