Hillary Clinton’s announcement could be roughly 48 hours away.
The former secretary of state and Democratic nomination frontrunner is expected to announce her candidacy for president “as early as Sunday,” two sources close to her campaign confirmed to NBC News early Friday.
The announcement is expected to be made on social media. Campaigning will then immediately begin, with a stop at the first-in-the-nation caucus state Iowa planned for next week.
Clinton enters into the race as the clear favorite for the Democratic Party’s nominee, as only a few others — Vice President Joe Biden, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb and Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont — have expressed interest. However, none of them garner the approval and support she does within the party.
If she wins the nomination, Clinton will become the first woman in U.S. history to be on the general election ticket for a major political party.
Her White House aspirations have been anything but subtle lately and an announcement imminent, especially as two Republicans — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul — have already launched their campaign and another one, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, is set to announce Monday.
According to a RealClearPolitics average of polls, Clinton is the clear leader for the nomination, with 60 points. Her next closest competitor, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has 12 points and has repeatedly said she will not run. Biden has 11, followed by Sanders with 4.4 and O’Malley and Webb both with 1.2 points.
