New York--Chelsea Clinton's star is rising. Photographed, interviewed and increasingly prominent in her family's charitable empire, there is no more ardent cheerleader for her mother's bid for the presidency.
Photographed in a $1,500 Gucci dress and Cartier bracelet, the 35-year-old philanthropist, wife and new mother appeared on the front cover of Elle with an impassioned plea for a female leader.
"When you ask about the importance of having a woman president, absolutely it's important," she told the glossy magazine in remarks released the weekend her mother announced her campaign.
"One of our core values in this country is that we are the land of equal opportunity, but when equal hasn't yet included gender, there is a fundamental challenge there that, I believe, having our first woman president -- whenever that is -- will help resolve."
When Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state, senator and first lady, on Sunday ended years of speculation that she would contest the White House once again, daughter Chelsea was right behind her.
"Very proud of you Mom!" the Stanford, Columbia and Oxford University educated daughter tweeted to her more 817,800 followers.
A day earlier, the first photographs of Chelsea's six-month-old daughter Charlotte in a stroller emerged, snapped with mom, dad and pooch walking in the Manhattan sunshine.
This is the baby that softens Hillary's image. The woman seen as distant and cold has spoken of her joy at becoming a grandmother and of a child who has "helped me see the world in new ways."
Chelsea herself acknowledges being in the middle of her family's decisions and says she has influenced her parents opinions, such as on gay marriage and priorities at the Clinton Foundation.
AFP
