CAMPAIGN AND FIRST IOWA TRIP (4/15-4/16) Hillary started her campaign in a different way – not about her, but about the American people.  In Iowa, she went from small coffee shops to a community college and small business roundtables to have conversations and share ideas.  In her campaign, Hillary has a clear message for everyday Americans -- “it’s your time,” and she will continue to fight for a political system that makes it possible for every American families to get involved in politics and fix the problems that they see. Her first campaign trip was a road trip to Iowa, where she held small, intimate events across the state, listening to the concerns of everyday Iowans. This was the beginning of a campaign rooted in the early primary and caucus states – a campaign in which Hillary will take nothing for granted and work hard to earn every vote. She’s ready for the competitive Democratic primary that awaits her.  In Iowa, no Democratic candidate for president has ever received more than 50% of the caucus vote unless they were a sitting president, vice president, or Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.  In New Hampshire, no Democrat in a contested primary in the last 25 years has won by more than 27,000 votes or received more than 50% of the vote. The Iowa trip was met with widespread praise for her efforts to have one-on-one conversations with voters:  Republican Governor Terry Branstad praised Hillary Clinton’s Iowa trip: “I happen to think that the strategy of being accessible to people and going all over the state is a good strategy.”  Local high school student, Kaele Weber told CNN: 'The fact that she is coming to Monticello first, a small town in Iowa, she could have went to Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo…'I think it just means she is downhearted and just likes to care about the community and small town.'  Joe Klein, TIME: “I have watched her work for nearly 30 years and one thing I can say with confidence: the Hillary Clinton who began her presidential campaign in Iowa on Tuesday and listened carefully to a handful of people talk about the wonders of the local community college system is a familiar, uncynical and entirely credible character.”  Des Moines Register front page headline: “Clinton Vows She’ll Help People Get Ahead”  Buzzfeed’s Ruby Cramer (@rubycramer) - This is probably as close to a genuine give-&-take as you can get in the presence of a few dozen reporters, TV cams, shutter clicks etc. The campaign will have the resources needed to compete, but it will be built with a flat fundraising structure, a key grassroots donor base and a merit-based finance organization. Initially fundraising will be a challenge – with lower limits and a smaller list than Obama in 2011.