--- description: Hillary Clinton held the first major rally of her campaign on Saturday title: Read the full text of Hillary Clinton's campaign launch speech image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40f1d13f920aa8f8/69885471e53aba18a34de2aa/hillary-clinton-3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Transcript: Read the Full Text of Hillary Clinton's Campaign Launch Speech by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2015 6:32 PM CUT  Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to supporters June 13, 2015, on Roosevelt Island in New York, in a speech promoted as her formal presidential campaign debut. Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to supporters June 13, 2015, on Roosevelt Island in New York, in a speech promoted as her formal presidential campaign debut.Frank Franklin II—AP by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2015 6:32 PM CUT Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [launched her campaign](http://time.com/3920328/hillary-clinton-campaign-launch-speech/ "undefined") with a large rally in New York City on Saturday after two months of small events in the early primary states. Here is a transcript of the full remarks, as prepared for delivery: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3920332/transcript-full-text-hillary-clinton-campaign-launch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3920332/transcript-full-text-hillary-clinton-campaign-launch/"},"headline":"Transcript: Read the Full Text of Hillary Clinton's Campaign Launch Speech","datePublished":"2015-06-13T18:32:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:11:07.182Z","description":"Hillary Clinton held the first major rally of her campaign on Saturday","url":"https://time.com/3920332/transcript-full-text-hillary-clinton-campaign-launch/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40f1d13f920aa8f8/69885471e53aba18a34de2aa/hillary-clinton-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40f1d13f920aa8f8/69885471e53aba18a34de2aa/hillary-clinton-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Rodham Clinton","caption":"Hillary Rodham Clinton","creditText":"Frank Franklin II—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/3920332/transcript-full-text-hillary-clinton-campaign-launch/","name":"Transcript: Read the Full Text of Hillary Clinton's Campaign Launch Speech"}}]}] ```