Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign

You should know by now that Hillary Clinton is attempting for the second time to become the first female President of the US in the 2016 Presidential Election!
Click HERE for the video which launched her campaign. It is commented by many to have crafted a perception of her as being more 'humble' and a candidate who wants to 'earn' the people's vote rather than one who sees it as n entitlement; in short, a people's president.

Note also in the article below about the astronomical sum involved in the election campaign budget, which runs into US$2.5billion (S$3.4billion)!!! That's an obscene amount of money! US$2,500 million!!!  -- for an election to select a candidate to lead the country! This is often one major criticism of democracy when huge amounts of money is pumped into campaigns; and if the money came from donations from MNCs, then the successfully elected president might be beholden to these MNCs and be pressured into coming up with policies that are 'friendly' to them....

Qns:
1) To what extent does the media affect our perception of events?
2) Consider the view that efficient government is more important than democracy. (Cam. 2011)