Hillary Clinton has joined a number of other Democratic leaders by finally launching her official Twitter account, leading Americans to suspect this move may have been made to reach voters during the 2016 presidential election season, according to the Washington Post.
Quickly establishing a smart and witty tone on the social media platform, her first tweet read: "Thanks for the inspiration @ASmith83 & @Sllambe - I'll take it from here... "#tweetsfromhillary."
The Post reported Clinton was invoking the popular Texts from Hillary (TFH) Tumblr account started by Adam Smith and Stacy Lambe.
In just a week, the movement took on a life of its own, and some even attribute it to starting the rumors for her run in 2016.
The week-long campaign received "32 posts, 83,000 shared on Facebook, 8.400 Twitter followers, over 45K Tumblr follower, news stories around the world, Renee Montagne from ["Morning Edition"] saying 'ROFL,' a Maureen Dowd column, and a tweet from ?uest Love," wrote Smith and Lambe on Tumblr.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Hillary was following the Clinton School, The Clinton Global Initiative, the Clinton Foundation, her husband Bill Clinton and her daughter Chelsea.
Chelsea joined Ben Affleck, Meghan Casserly and countless others, in support of Clinton's decision with a simple and appropriate: "Welcome Mom!"
Even President Obama greeted the former secretary of state by tweeting: "Happy to welcome @Hillary Clinton to Twitter. Stay tuned for the real #TweetsFromHillary."
Clinton has also listed all her accomplishments in her bio, ending it with a cliffhanger, alluding to the idea that she may be continuing her career in politics.
It reads: "Wife, mom, lawyer, woman & kids advocate, FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState, dog owner, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD..."
Twitter and other social media tools have become essential in brand building and politics in the past few years likely because it increases the sense of community and expands conversation surrounding controversial and light-hearted topics alike.
But it also makes constituents, or "real people," feel like they are closer to politicians and celebrities.
"You can build and revive relationships," writes Inc.'s Jay Seinfeld. "Today it's a form of social currency that is valued."
"It's fun to 'meet' your favorite CEO, athlete, musician, or artist [or favorite politician] via Twitter," he added.
By her second day on Twitter, Clinton had acquired almost 400,000 followers.
