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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to officially announce Sunday that she is running for president.

The former first lady, New York senator and secretary of state is slatedto launch her campaignaround noon with anonline announcement.

Advisers told The Associated Press that Clintons second bid for the White House will start with small personal events in early-voting states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire. They say they dont want it to appear that she is taking the nomination for granted, which some critics have chargedwas her mistake eight years ago.

The campaign launch will also put Brooklyn back in the spotlight. The borough lost out to hosting the Democratic National Convention in 2016 to Philadelphia. But Clinton is setting up her headquarters in Brooklyn Heights.

Staffers and volunteers began working there last week, WCBS 880s Jim Smith reported.

Clinton will be the first Democrat to announce her candidacy. On the Republican side, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky have already entered the race.

CBS News correspondent Steve Portnoy said that while Clinton is a favorite among Democratic voters, that may change whenmore people enter the race.

It will be interesting to see. Our new CBS News poll in the last couple of weeks showed that eight in 10 Democrats say that they would gladly support a Hillary Clinton candidacy, but six in 10 said they would also like to see a robust debate within the Democratic Party, see someone other than Hillary Clinton run, Portnoy told WCBS 880. For now, she faces no substantial competition.

Clintons advisers say that key issues in her campaign will include boosting economic security for the middle class and expanding opportunities for working families.

Clinton intends to sell herself as being able to work with Congress, businesses and world leaders, the advisers said. That approach could be perceived as a critique of President Barack Obama, who has largely been unable to fulfill his pledge to end Washingtons intense partisanship and found much of his presidency stymied by gridlock with Congress.

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