--- description: Says the U.S. is behind Germany title: Hillary Clinton Wants a Woman U.S. Leader Soon image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt279ed6df381f2f16/698697bfe53aba0b544d32ec/hillary-clinton-woman-president.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 # Clinton Wants the U.S. to 'Have a Woman Leader Soon' by [Joan E. Greve](/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2014 4:48 PM CUT  Hillary Clinton discusses her new book, 'Hard Choices: A Memoir,' in Washington, DC. on June 13. Hillary Clinton discusses her new book, 'Hard Choices: A Memoir,' in Washington, DC. on June 13.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Joan E. Greve](/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2014 4:48 PM CUT Hillary Clinton says in [a new interview](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/16/us-usa-politics-clinton-merkel-idUSKBN0ER10N20140616 "undefined") that she “will do all \[she\] can” to see that the U.S. gets a female president—even if it’s not her. “We are way behind you in Germany on this,” Clinton, referring to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, told the German magazine _Stern_ in an interview to be published Wednesday. “Of course I want the U.S.A. to have a woman leader soon as well and I will do all I can for that to happen, though I don’t know yet if it will be me.” The former Secretary of State has said she won’t make a decision about whether to run for president again until later this year. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2883143/hillary-clinton-2016-angela-merkel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2883143/hillary-clinton-2016-angela-merkel/"},"headline":"Clinton Wants the U.S. to 'Have a Woman Leader Soon'","datePublished":"2014-06-16T16:48:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:26:20.554Z","description":"Says the U.S. is behind Germany","url":"https://time.com/2883143/hillary-clinton-2016-angela-merkel/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","President","Clinton"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt279ed6df381f2f16/698697bfe53aba0b544d32ec/hillary-clinton-woman-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joan E. Greve","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joan-greve/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt279ed6df381f2f16/698697bfe53aba0b544d32ec/hillary-clinton-woman-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Discusses New Book","caption":"Hillary Clinton Discusses New Book","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","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/2883143/hillary-clinton-2016-angela-merkel/","name":"Clinton Wants the U.S. to 'Have a Woman Leader Soon'"}}]}] ```