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Joe Trippi, former campaign manager for Howard Dean and author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything, thinks the ultra-popular "Texts From Hillary" Tumblr could help her win the 2016 presidential election because of the public relations boost it's given her, especially among digitally-savvy young voters.
However, Trippi doubts that Clinton, currently serving as President Obama's Secretary of State, would actually choose to run.
"I really don't think Hillary's going to run," said Trippi in a backstage interview at this year's Mashable Connect conference. "I think she means it. But look, she's a totally different candidate in terms of understanding technology than she was in 2008. In 2008, she just didn't believe in this stuff. But boy, she has gotten it. In terms of the State Department ... they're doing amazing things in terms of the global conversation about the future, and she's behind it one hundred percent."