Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States to former president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2016 presidential election, becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party and the first woman to win the popular vote for U.S. president.
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Some of the key events about Hillary Clinton

  • 1969
    Became the first student commencement speaker at Wellesley College
  • 1973
    Graduated from Yale Law School
  • 1975
    Defended a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl, later suggesting she believed he was guilty
  • 1977
    Co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
  • 1992
    Played a key role in her husband's successful presidential campaign
  • 1993
    Faced criticism for potential conflicts of interest in the Whitewater controversy
  • 1995
    Delivered influential speech at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing
  • 1996
    Involved in the controversial firing of White House travel office employees
  • 2000
    Elected as the first female senator from New York
  • 2002
    Voted in favor of the Iraq War, a decision she later called a mistake
  • 2006
    Re-elected to the U.S. Senate with 67% of the vote
  • 2008
    Falsely claimed she had landed under sniper fire during a 1996 trip to Bosnia
  • 2009
    Appointed as the 67th United States Secretary of State
  • 2011
    Played a crucial role in the operation that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden
  • 2012
    Faced criticism for the handling of the Benghazi attack as Secretary of State
  • 2015
    Revealed to have used a private email server for official communications as Secretary of State
  • 2016
    Became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major U.S. political party
  • 2016
    Labeled half of Donald Trump's supporters as a "basket of deplorables"
  • 2016
    Collapsed at a 9/11 memorial event, later revealed to have been diagnosed with pneumonia
  • 2016
    Lost the presidential election to Donald Trump despite winning the popular vote

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