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CORAL GABLES, Fla. In an expansive speech here Wednesday night, Hillary Rodham Clinton said the path for the nations renewal lies in broadening the participation of women, the poor, young people and other disadvantaged people in the public debate.

Clinton framed an argument for inclusion and equality that could become a core theme of her 2016 presidential campaign, should she decide to run. She recalled one of the formative experiences of her youth, going to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak on a cold night in Chicago, and said his message still resonates in the 21st century.

I sat on the edge of my seat as this preacher challenged us to participate in the cause of justice, not to slumber while the world changed around us, she recalled.

In her address to more than 6,000 students and faculty members at the University of Miami, Clinton said the nations future depends on whether it embraces the idea of full participation.

It is the work of this century to complete the unfinished business of making sure that every girl and boy, that every woman and man, lives in societies that respect their rights no matter who they are, respects their potential and their talents, gives them the opportunities that every human being deserves no matter where you were born, no matter the color of your skin, no matter your religion, your ethnicity or whom you love, she said.

Clinton began her remarks by commending Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) for vetoing anti-gay legislation that Clinton called discriminatory. Clinton said Brewer recognized that inclusive leadership is really what the 21st century is all about.

Clinton, who served under President Obama as secretary of state and championed health-care reform in the 1990s, delivered a strong defense of Obamas Affordable Care Act and urged young people in the audience to sign up for health coverage.

You cant sit here today and tell me for sure you wont have a car accident, you wont have a slip or a fall, you wont have some kind of disease that you never thought you would ever be stricken by, she said. You just dont know nobody knows.

Earlier Wednesday, Clinton endorsed efforts to change some provisions that have become problematic, such as the employee coverage requirement that has led some small businesses to move employees from full-time work to part-time work to avoid paying for their health care, according to CNN.

I think we are on the right track in many respects, but I would be the first to say if things arent working, then we need people of good faith to come together and make evidence-based changes, Clinton said in a keynote address to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Societys annual meeting, in Orlando.

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Hillary Clinton makes case for full participation and equality