Hillary Clinton made an unannounced trip to Silicon Valley Wednesday to deliver a speech to executives at eBay.
The event came a day after held a new conference to explain why she used private email account for business while she was secretary of state, though that issue did not come up at her speech.
Clinton's speech was a familiar one. In recent weeks, she has given several speeches focusing on issues that might appeal to female voters including equal pay, paid family leave, affordable child care and access to health care.
News reports indicate that Clinton was paid for the speech. She usually makes at least $200,000 per appearance.
Clinton was in Silicon Valley two weeks ago to deliver the keynote speech at the sold-out one-day Lead On Watermark Silicon Valley Conference for Women filled with professional women at an event designed to increase the number of women executives.
Next week, Clinton will be inducted into Irish America magazine’s hall of fame and will give a paid keynote address at a conference, which is billed as the largest gathering of children’s camp professionals in the world. Later in the month, she will speak at an awards ceremony in memory of Robin Toner, the first woman to be the national political correspondent of The New York Times.
Clinton’s appearance was a surprise to the 500 company executives who had gathered for eBay's Women's Initiative Network Summit. It was reported by USA Today, which was granted access to the speech that was not open to most media.
eBay’s chief executive John Donahoe’s wife, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, worked as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Clinton.