Clinton spends $18m in first months of campaign

Hillary Clinton spent more than $18m (€16.5m) and hired hundreds of employees in the first three months of her presidential campaign, creating a national operation that vastly out-paces her rivals in both parties.

She has the money for it, having raised more than $46m for the Democratic primary contest.

However, building a campaign Goliath has not come cheap. Clinton spent more than $5.9m on 343 employees, $700,000 on computers and other equipment, and nearly half a million renting offices, including a 7,430sq m Brooklyn campaign headquarters.