Clinton's presidential campaign airs its first TV ads

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is spending $2 million airing the first television ads of her presidential race in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire.

The ads, which start on Tuesday and run statewide, focus on Clinton's work on behalf of families and relationship with her late mother — central themes of her early campaign. The spots are part of an effort to reintroduce one of the country's biggest political celebrities as a progressive fighter who understands the struggles of average Americans.

"After law school she could have gone to a big firm but instead went to work for the Children's Defense Fund. In Arkansas, she fought for school reform to change lives forever.