Hillary Rodham Clinton is polishing up one of her more famous phrases as she edges closer to a presidential run, writing in a new introduction to her book, It Takes a Village, the Washington Post reports.

The New York Senator says that September 11, 2001, and the Internet make her tome on child-rearing even more relevant today.

“The five years since 9/11 have reinforced one of my main points: How children are raised anywhere can impact our lives and our children’s futures,” Clinton writes in the introduction to the 10th anniversary edition of the book, which goes on sale December 12.

Mrs. Clinton is the early frontrunner for the Democrats’ 2008 presidential nomination, and the new version of the book features a smiling Clinton surrounded by children. Clinton does not appear on the cover of the 1996 book (right).

In recent weeks, she lined up support among other New York officials for a presidential bid, leaving many certain she has already decided to run but is waiting to make an official announcement until after the new year.

The introduction by Clinton argues that the core points she made as First Lady are if anything more important now that the Internet and electronic devices like MP3 players have such large roles in children’s lives.

“Today’s electronic village has certainly complicated the always difficult challenge of parenting and raising the next generation,” Clinton writes, noting that in 1996 few were on the Internet and cell phones “weighed as much as bricks.”