Hillary Clinton joins Instagram with a photo of her red, white and blue pantsuits

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Brian Ries
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Hillary Clinton exploded onto the Instagram scene Wednesday morning with an unfiltered photo of the things she knows best: her red, white and blue pantsuits.

"Hard choices," wrote the self-described "doting grandmother, among other things" in the photo's caption, which appeared days ahead of the former first lady's official official 2016 campaign launch. Clinton first announced her second bid for the presidency in April.

Hard choices. A photo posted by Hillary Clinton (@hillaryclinton) on Jun 10, 2015 at 8:16am PDT

The account, @HillaryClinton, was confirmed as hers by an Instagram spokesperson. So far, the reception toward the account is warm; one user called it "iconic," while another gave her the Broad City-inspired rebel yell, "YAAS QUEEN." Thirty minutes after creating the account, Clinton already attracted more than 5,000 followers.

Clinton joins 300 million Instagrammers -- including many fellow 2016 candidates -- who share a reported 70 million photos and videos each day.

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