Clinton plans two-day Iowa visit after launching campaign

Hillary Clinton will officially launch her presidential campaign in New York City on June 13, then swing through Iowa that weekend, meeting with supporters at an organizing rally at a yet-to-be named location.

Clinton, the former secretary of state, announced in a video almost two months ago that she is running. And she's already been to Iowa on a couple of campaign swings.

However, the Clinton team Monday announced a big rollout for its candidate, with a campaign official saying she would give a speech June 13 at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York.

Later that day, she'll be in Iowa, where she'll meet with supporters for an organizing meeting. The session will be simulcast around the country, the campaign said.

She'll also be in Iowa on June 14. Afterward, she'll also go to early voting states.

The Clinton campaign did not release details yet of her swing through Iowa.

Thus far, Clinton's events in the state have featured tightly controlled meetings with small groups of people.

That has limited the amount of availability to her for most Iowa Democrats. But the Clinton campaign says she wants to listen to the views of everyday Iowans.

A new poll, meanwhile, says that Clinton commands a sizable lead in the state.

A Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll said that Clinton had the support of 57 percent of likely caucusgoers. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders was next at 16 percent. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who announced his candidacy on Saturday, was at 2 percent.

Vice President Joe Biden, who is not a candidate, had 8 percent, the poll said.

Despite Clinton's large lead, one of her competitors isn't having any trouble attracting attention.

Sanders not only drew hundreds of people in Davenport on Thursday, but throughout the state and in Minnesota, he continued to draw large crowds.

But if the size of the crowds at Sanders' events was worrying to Clinton's campaign, it wasn't reflected in remarks from the campaign Monday.

The official, instead, tamped down expectations, noting that no Democratic candidate has received more than 50 percent of the Iowa caucus vote unless he was a president or vice president, or incumbent Iowa senator.