Hillary Clinton will end years of speculation about her political ambitions with plans to formally announce she is running for president in a video announcement on Sunday, two people familiar with the matter said.
In recent months, Mrs. Clinton has been quietly assembling a campaign staff. Her team recently signed a lease for office space in Brooklyn that is expected to be her campaign headquarters.
Although her candidacy has seemed a sure thing, Mrs. Clinton, 67 years old, has long said that she hadn’t completely made up her mind about running. Any doubts now seem to have evaporated.
A spokesman for her campaign on Friday declined to comment on the timing of the announcement. It will be her second try at the presidency. She lost the nomination to then-Sen. Barack Obama in 2008. She went on to endorse him and was his surprise pick for secretary of state. She left that office in early 2013, and speculation about her intentions has intensified since then.
So far, Mrs. Clinton faces scant competition for the Democratic nomination. Polls barely register former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley or former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb. One potential heavyweight—Vice President Joe Biden—has said he is considering a campaign.
