Hilary Clinton’s career and her bid for the White House

Hilary Rodham Clinton is a well-known politician who served as a US senator (from 2001 to 2009) and secretary of the state (from 2009 to 2013). She also served as first lady (from 1993 to 2001) during her husband’s administration, Bill Clinton, the 42^nd president of the United States.

Growing up in Park Ridge, Illinois, she was born into a family with an emphasis on hard work high academic standards. As a student leader at her school, she became involved in youth programs and originally adhered to the Republic Party, as her parents did. When she was admitted to Wellesley College, her political stance changed as she was influenced by the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X.

She became a lawyer, graduating from Yale Law School, participating in the Watergate inquiry into Richard Nixon. She moved to Arkansas where she became a partner at Rose Law Firm. Her husband Bill Clinton was elected as governor in 1978.

During her husband’s presidency, she was active in the administration, setting up her own office in the West Wing.

In 2001, she was sworn into office as a senator, and continued to push health care reform and was an advocate for children.

Following her acting of secretary of state under the Obama administration, she entered the presidential race in 2016.

Her political opponent Donald Trump made the race a fierce one, being one of the most controversial presidential races in the history of the US.

She ultimately lost her presidential bid, winning the popular vote but losing the electoral college.

Hilary Clinton is a long experienced politician serving as first lady, senator and secretary of the state. She tried but did not succeed to secure the White House in the 2016 presidential race.