Hillary Clinton is Throwing a Party

ABC’s Eloise Harper reports: Hillary Clinton’s office has just released an announcement that she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, are having a party – and its not to celebrate her nomination as Secretary of State. Its an event to relieve her debt. Hillary Clinton has been for months trying to relieve the millions of dollars in debt that her campaign amassed over the months of the 17 month primary campaign she ran.

At this point Clinton’s debt stands at $7.5 million dollars in vendor debt. During the campaign Clinton loaned herself over $13.1 million dollars in an effort to keep her campaign afloat in the final days. She lost the chance of getting that money back, when she failed to raise it before the Democratic Convention.

It has been a never-ending battle for Clinton to repay this huge dept she raised during the campaign. As a result of The Hatch Act of 1939, once confirmed as Secretary of State – Clinton will no longer be able to solicit funds. Her former campaign however will be able to do so on her behalf.

In August, Clinton transferred $6.4 million dollars of money she raised, back to her Senate account. In theory, Clinton could transfer that money back to her presidential account to relieve the vendor debt that is still owed.

Clinton’s "Debt Relief" event, which will be held on December 15th in New York City, is the greatest effort in recent months from her to try to solicit funds for this cause.

ABC’s Tahaman Bradley contributed to this report