Clinton calls for U.S. minimum wage increase to $12 an hour

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday at two campaign stops in Iowa that she would like to raise the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour from the current $7.25. Clinton has said repeatedly she wants to raise wages for working Americans, including by raising the minimum hourly wage, but she has rarely named a specific figure. "I want to raise the federal minimum wage to $12, and encourage other communities to go even higher," Clinton told a campaign event in Coral