Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to launch her long-anticipated 2016 presidential campaign on Sunday.
Clinton is scheduled to make her second bid for the presidency after months of speculation about her political future.
If elected, Clinton would be the United States' first female president.
Leonard Steinhorn, Political Science Professor at American University, says the prospect of serving as the first female president of the US can be an advantage for Hillary's election.
"She has been through almost every version of what one can expect of somebody in public life. She's taken hits, she's had incredible successes, she's admired, she's feared and now is really that final act as to