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TEMPE, Ariz. Young voters gave Hillary Clinton trouble in the 2008 presidential race and its not clear whether theyll warm to her should she campaign for president again in 2016.

But Mrs. Clinton has ample opportunity to make inroads with teens and 20-somethings as she spends the rest of the year considering whether to run.

This weekend proved to be one such occasion.

Mrs. Clinton made several appearances before the 1,000 college students who turned out for Clinton Global Initiative University, a project of her familys charitable foundation.

She took part in a panel with her husband and daughter Chelsea on Saturday night, fielding questions from students and late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel.

She also gave introductory remarks at a panel devoted to higher education, previewing what could be her message to young voters if she jumps in the race.

She laid out one of the main problems confronting young people the grim job market.

There are six million young people in this country between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither employed nor in school, she said. And even for a young person with a college degree its difficult to find a good job.

She talked about the importance of finding work, tying it to her own biography. Mrs. Clinton mentioned she had learned things in every job she held, beginning with a part-time gig at a park in the Chicago suburbs when she was 13. The job posed a logistical challenge how to find a way to haul board games and a volleyball to the park to keep the kids entertained, she said. With her father using the car to get to work and her bicycle insufficient for the task, she wound up pulling a wagon.

She said she prayed nobody I knew would ever see me as I was going by their homes.

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