article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Wall Street is more than ready for Hillary Clinton.
article_snippet.sent: As Hillary Clinton sets off onto the campaign trail to reintroduce Hillary Clinton to voters and court donors across the country, Wall Street elites are ready to roll out the red carpet.
article_snippet.sent: But while the enthusiastic support from the industry will be a financial boon for Hillary Clinton's newly launched campaign, the industry will also pose a delicate balancing act when the industry comes to appeasing a vocal wing of the Democratic Party that is antagonistic toward the banking sector.
article_snippet.sent: Hillary Clinton, 67, has long enjoyed a close relationship with the industry.
article_snippet.sent: As a New York senator for almost a decade, Hillary Clinton represented Wall Street and courted the industry aggressively during her campaign.
article_snippet.sent: And there is a certain degree of nostalgia within the industry for Hillary Clinton husband's two-term presidency, marked by the 1990s bull market and broad financial deregulation, including the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial banking from riskier investing activities.
article_snippet.sent: Many on Wall Street and in the broader business community view Hillary Clinton as a dependable, business-friendly force within a Democratic Party that has grown increasingly populist during President Barack Obama's time in office.
article_snippet.sent: I don't think it's surprising that the former senator of New York is close to the broader business community.
article_snippet.sent: first lady's perceived coziness with Wall Street is a source of irritation for liberal activists, who hope to push the eventual Democratic nominee to embrace progressive ideals during the 2016 primaries.
article_snippet.sent: Despite Clinton's embrace of more populist rhetoric, finance and business leaders aren't too concerned that Clinton will back policies that are anathema to more populist rhetoric, finance and business leaders.
article_snippet.sent: more populist rhetoric, finance and business leaders expect that Clinton will be able to articulate a broad economic goals aimed at the middle class rather than one that rails against bailouts and financial excess, particularly as America gets more distance from the last financial crisis.
article_snippet.sent: Kathy Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a prominent business coalition, predicted that Clinton would be able to maintain Clinton relationship with Wall Street without alienating the liberal base.
article_snippet.sent: The fact that Clinton "is knowledgeable and maintains good, open relationships with the business and financial world does not suggest that Clinton's in anybody's pocket," Clinton said.
article_snippet.sent: Clinton's demonstrated that Clinton's an independent force.
highlights_snippet.sent: Hillary Clinton developed a close relationship with the financial world as a New York senator .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Hillary Clinton coziness with Wall Street irritates liberal activists, who are a growing influence in the Democratic Party .