--- title: Hillary Clinton Goes Back Through The Years In New Ad description: In a new campaign ad meant to inspire Iowa voters to caucus for her, Clinton presents clips of herself going back decades. canonical: https://time.com/4194032/hillary-clinton-ad-children-iowa/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-26T16:09:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:27:02.727Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Goes Back Through The Years In New Ad og:description: In a new campaign ad meant to inspire Iowa voters to caucus for her, Clinton presents clips of herself going back decades. og:url: https://time.com/4194032/hillary-clinton-ad-children-iowa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted35714e9fa6972d/69887a4a0b72e386236e7c80/hillary-clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens to questions at the Rochester Opera House campaign town hall meeting in Rochester, New Hampshire January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Goes Back Through The Years In New Ad twitter:description: In a new campaign ad meant to inspire Iowa voters to caucus for her, Clinton presents clips of herself going back decades. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted35714e9fa6972d/69887a4a0b72e386236e7c80/hillary-clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Goes Back in Time in New Ad  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 26, 2016 4:09 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton listens to questions at the Rochester Opera House campaign town hall meeting in Rochester, N.H., on Jan. 22, 2016. Hillary Clinton listens to questions at the Rochester Opera House campaign town hall meeting in Rochester, N.H., on Jan. 22, 2016.Faith Ninivaggi—Reuters  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 26, 2016 4:09 PM UTC In an election season dominated by insurgent candidacies and outsider fervor, Hillary Clinton is wielding her years of political experience as a strength. In a new campaign ad meant to inspire Iowa voters ahead of the Feb.1 caucus day, Clinton presents clips of herself going back decades. In each one, she talks about children to convey messages of hope for the future. But stringing together video clips from so many years also serves to remind voters of her long career in politics, what TIME’s Sam Frizell calls her “[hard-won pragmatism](http://time.com/4193647/hillary-clinton-activist-record-iowa/?xid=tcoshare).” Clinton commands a lead in national polls, but in [a recent Iowa poll](http://time.com/4189537/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-poll-iowa/), Vermont Sen. 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