Mexico City, Mexico — During a speech in Mexico City on Friday, former First Lady and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed "particular concern" about Europe faltering in the face of Russian intimidation.

"I worry about President Putin’s view that Russia should dominate its border and intimidate people beyond its borders," Clinton said. "It is important that Europe remain whole and stable in the face of this and that Russia be persuaded or somehow convinced or coerced into looking towards the future, and not to the past."

Clinton was visiting Mexico City to speak at an event hosted by Mexican telecommunications billionaire Carlos Slim. Her audience was students who received scholarships from Slim’s foundation and her remarks mostly extolled the virtues of equal rights and hard work.

Projecting the image of a seasoned stateswoman imparting her worldly wisdom, Clinton hailed Mexico for "having one of the brightest, smartest futures of any country in the world." She didn’t spend much time speaking about the relationship between the US and Mexico except to say that it is "critical that we cooperate where we can."

Clinton also said that Latin America, with its female presidents and prime ministers in places such as Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Jamaica, were a great example for the rest of the world.

"Countries that don’t have the full participation of girls and women, their economies are not as strong, they are not as stable and democratic," Clinton said. "We’ve gotten so much further than most of the rest of the world in knocking down barriers."

When asked about her intentions for the next US presidential election, Clinton said that she was "obviously thinking about running for president in 2016."

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"I do have a unique vantage point and set of experiences about what makes the United States operate well and what doesn't and what a president can do and should be doing," she said. "So I am going to be making a decision around, probably after the first of the year, about whether I'm going to run again or not."

New Jersey Governor Chris Chirstie, Clinton's potential future Republican presidential opponent, was also at the capital city on Friday, wrapping up his three-day visit.

Clinton later met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade.

Attending the event with Clinton were billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, actor Antonio Banderas, and former Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho.

Zuckerberg spoke of his goal to bring the Internet to everyone on the planet - "even if it means that Facebook has to spend billions of dollars over the next decade making this happen" - and especially expanding access in Mexico.

Facebook launched its Internet.org project last year to connect billions of people without Internet access in places such as Africa and Asia by working with phone operators. The social network is hugely popular with young Mexicans, and Zuckerberg wants to add to those 409 million user accounts.