[Harlow:] In her first major rally of the 2016 presidential race, Hillary Clinton told a New York crowd today, it is time. The former secretary of state and New York senator says now is the moment for Americans to capitalize on the country's economic rebound, and she says she has the plan to make that happen.
[Hillary Clinton , Presidential Candidate:] You brought our country back. Now it's time, your time to secure the gains and move ahead. And you know what? America can't succeed unless you succeed. That is why I am running for president of the United States!
[Harlow:] Let's talk about this with Ryan Lizza. He is the Washington correspondent for the New Yorker, also CNN political commentator. He watched her speech. I watched her speech. A lot of people were there. Ryan, she said something else. Listen.
[Clinton:] I may not be the youngest candidate in this race. But I will be the youngest woman president in the history of the United States.
[Harlow:] Ryan, we're told that that was adlibbed, that it wasn't planned. And I'm wondering what you think of that move. So different. Such a different strategy than how she ran in terms of focusing on being a woman back in 2008.
[Ryan Lizza, Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker:] Yes. And I think someone in the Clinton campaign also said that was a line she heard from a voter and she was out campaigning recently and she threw it in the speech at the last second. Very big difference, because in 2008, when she ran, she did not want to run so forwardly on her identity as a woman, frankly. She didn't think that it was necessary politically advantageous. She thought the American public; there was a sort of psychological barrier towards perhaps towards electing the first woman. And now, the politics I think have changed quite a bit on that issue. And she realizes that women, especially unmarried women, are this huge block of voters available for the Democrats. They're very important to the democratic primary even more important in a general election. And she's going to emphasize that what makes her new, yes, she has been around for a long time, but what makes her new, is that she can break this barrier and become the first female nominee of a major party and then a first female president. So I think that's the political calculus that has changed there.
[Harlow:] Her campaign chairman John Podesta, big name in Washington politics, told CNN quote "this will be a new moment." Listening to her today, she really framed herself as a populist, right? There she is on Roosevelt Island, sort of hearkening back to the Roosevelts. The focus was on equality in pay, on higher wages, much more that foreign policy. Is that a smart strategy?
[Lizza:] I mean, this was a speech with a lot of domestic policy as you point out and wrapped around what to do about the middle class, what to do about the stagnant wages, but almost nothing specific on foreign policy which is rather surprising for a former secretary of state. I think there will be some pressure, maybe not from voters because if you look at the polls, there's not a clamoring for these candidates to talk as much about foreign policy right now. But certainly from the press, there's some big issues that she has ducked on foreign policy that I think she needs to clarify, this issue of what to do about the international free trade agreement in Congress that just lost yesterday. She has not had a position on that. What to do about Iran? What to do about NSA spying? She has not weighed on some of these big things. What to do about the keystone pipeline? Some big important foreign policy issues that she'll have to fill in the blanks over the next few weeks.
[Harlow:] And quickly before I let you go, looking at these pictures, this is the first official that at time we've seen the former president Bill Clinton and their daughter Chelsea Clinton there on the campaign trail with her. Ryan, what role will former President Clinton play in this campaign?
[Lizza:] Well, just to be a theater critic here for a second. Look at the former president there. He's wearing this white this red polo shirt. He's very casual. I think they want him to recede to the background a little bit. Play more of avuncular figure. Not as much of a statesman who can threaten to overshadow her, but a much more of a supporting background role. He's in the going to be out there as forward as he was in 2008, some people argue to Hillary's detriment.
[Harlow:] Yes. I will say that our Jake Tapper had a chance this week to interview former president Clinton. Fascinating interview. So everyone's going to be able to hear it. And it got pretty personal about him and his wife and what she has meant to him all through the years. And how he thinks she would be as president. So that is tomorrow on "STATE OF THE UNION" with Jake Tapper. Ryan Lizza, thank you very much.
[Lizza:] Thank you, Poppy. Any time.
[Harlow:] As always. And as I said you're going to hear from former president Bill Clinton tomorrow on "STATE OF THE UNION" with Jake Tapper. While Hillary Clinton makes her pitch to voters, GOP candidates are trying to win over big, big money donors. We're going to talk about that. But first, this. Get ready for a taste of island life with tomorrow's brand new episode of "PARTS UNKNOWN." This time Anthony Bourdain is showing us a part of Hawaii that few tourists ever see. Take a look.
[Anthony Bourdain, Cnn Host, Parts Unknown:] So, Hawaii. I'm conflicted about what I should tell Hawaii because really, of almost all the places that I've been, this surprisingly is the least screwed up.
[Unidentified Male:] All right.
[Bourdain:] So I'm not sure what I should tell you about this amazing, multi-flavored I'm pretty sure Jesus does not want me to eat this. Multi-culture, awesome mash-up of cool stuff. We haven't even talked about spam in a spectacular environment. I think what I should tell you is this. Hawaii, it's awesome. Don't come here.