From her campaign launch in April to the relaunch in June, Hillary Clinton has largely avoided specifics, choosing rather to focus on broad themes. Saturdaynight, addressing a house party in Iowa, Mrs. Clinton hit on one of those themes, campaign finance reform, suggesting that the problem is so bad that democracy in the Unites States is broken [beginning at 36:50]:
The line drew applause from the crowd in the home where Mrs. Clinton addressed her supporters. Other house parties participated in the event via live streaming on the internet.
Mrs. Clinton had already visited the campaign finance theme earlier in the day during her speech in Four Freedom’s Park in New York City, suggested the Constitution needed updating to deal with the issue:
The Citizens United case notably involved free speech rights during Hillary Clinton’s last run for the White House when advertisements for a film critical of Mrs. Clinton were deemed in violation of the McCain–Feingold Act. The Supreme Court struck down part of that law, creating the problem Mrs. Clinton now intends to fix.
