Miami ( CNN ) -- Hillary Clinton rolled out a new addition to her usual stump speech geared towards women empowerment on Thursday : Her new granddaughter Charlotte . `` I think my granddaughter has just as much God-given potential as a boy born in that hospital on the same day , '' the former Secretary of State said at the Commercial Real Estate Women Network Convention in Miami . Bill and Hillary Clinton became grandparents last week when their only daughter , Chelsea , gave birth to Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky on Friday , Sept. 26 in New York City . While it is obvious that that line is new for Hillary Clinton -- the baby was just born last week -- she was more overt in mentioning her granddaughter as a way to drive home her points . Clinton 's speech both opened and closed with a mention of her new granddaughter . Photos : See grandparents with baby . When the former secretary of state took the stage , a woman shouted , `` You look beautiful ! '' Clinton laughed and said , `` I think it is a grandmother glow . '' `` She is doing great , '' Clinton said of Charlotte . `` She is the most perfect , most beautiful , smartest five day old you will ever know . '' After delivering a speech that stressed the importance offering an equal playing field to women , Clinton closed her speech stating that with the right policies , her vision of equal pay , paid leave and affordable child care could be attained . Clinton 's midterm campaign schedule . That , Clinton said , is `` the kind of country I want my granddaughter growing up in . '' Charlotte was also on the minds of many of the attendees -- and participants -- in Thursday 's conference . While on stage with Clinton , Judy Nitsch , the president of CREW , asked what advice she will have for Charlotte when she gets older . `` One is do the very best you can at everything you do ... but learn from your mistake and your failures , '' Clinton said . `` Second , be kind . Try to find a time for kindness every single day . '' Her last piece of advice was something , Clinton said , she hoped to model for her new granddaughter . `` Find something you are passionate about , that you love to do , '' Clinton said . `` And again , pursue it . It can be anything , it can be a sports , it can be the arts , it can be service . Find something that you really feel invested in . ''
Clinton repeatedly mentioned her granddaughter in her speech Thursday . Clinton was in Miami speaking to Commercial Real Estate Women Network Convention .