Conversation with Clinton costs $2,700
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Four, five, even six times per week, Hillary Clinton meets deep-pocketed supporters eager to shake hands with the celebrity Democrat - all-but-obligatory encounters helping her amass the war chest needed to win the White House.
Qualifying guests are invited to hold what is described as a "conversation with Hillary," at a cost of $2,700 - the legal limit set by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on donations to candidates in the 2016 presidential primary cycle.
Once the primaries are decided, a supporter can contribute a fresh $2,700 maximum to a candidate in the presidential election.
Clinton, a former secretary of state and the prohibitive favorite for the Democratic nomination, has participated in some 40 fundraising receptions since launching her campaign in April, according to the Sunlight Foundation, a non-partisan Washington organisation that studies campaign financing.
By any measure it is an intense schedule to follow from now until Election Day 17 months away, and more rigorous than the smattering of public events she has held as a candidate.
Clinton, 67, holds her first major campaign rally Saturday in New York, one expected to draw thousands of voters.
