As Hillary Clinton announces another run for the White House, voters want to know what she really stands for

As the former US secretary of state and senator announces another run for the White House, she will be out to avoid the ghosts of the past

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Published: 8:09am, 12 Apr 2015Updated: 6:50pm, 21 Apr 2015

As Hillary Rodham Clinton prepares to end months of speculation today by confirming she is once again running for president, a new mystery is emerging: just what kind of president does she want to be?

To those on the left, the fear is that the former secretary of state and US senator may prove overly hawkish on foreign policy and too moderate at home to challenge America's dominant financial interests or problems of social inequality.

"Well, I think we have to see ... what she says she wants to run on," said US Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts when asked to endorse Clinton's political philosophy in an interview with RealClearPolitics.com. "I think that's really the interesting question at this point."

Meanwhile, opponents on the right believe Clinton's moderate guise is a ruse designed to hide a significantly more interventionist agenda than her husband, Bill, pursued when he was the US president.

"As the Hillary machine revs up and begins its trundle towards Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada and beyond, expect to read more about the differences between the two Clintons," warned former Republican communications adviser Liz Mair.