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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton is a former U.S. Senator, Secretary of State and First Lady running for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.
Clinton, 68, entered the primary race as a heavy favorite and a hero among Democrats who think she could be the country's first female president. She has spent decades in the national public eye, beginning with the election of her husband, Bill Clinton, as president in 1992. After serving as a Senator from New York for 6 years, she ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. Despite entering the race as the favorite, she lost to Barack Obama, who then named her Secretary of State.
But her career in politics has also generated a lot of criticism, starting with her efforts to reform health care in the 1990s. More recently, Clinton has been under fire for using her private email while serving as Secretary of State and her actions around the 2012 Benghazi consulate attacks in which four Americans were killed.
The Clintons have one daughter, Chelsea Clinton, and a granddaughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky.

Hillary Clinton is a former U.S. Senator, Secretary of State and First Lady running for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.
Clinton, 68, entered the primary race as a heavy favorite and a hero among Democrats who think she could be the country's first female president. She has spent decades in the national public eye, beginning with the election of her husband, Bill Clinton, as president in 1992. After serving as a Senator from New York for 6 years, she ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. Despite entering the race as the favorite, she lost to Barack Obama, who then named her Secretary of State.
But her career in politics has also generated a lot of criticism, starting with her efforts to reform health care in the 1990s. More recently, Clinton has been under fire for using her private email while serving as Secretary of State and her actions around the 2012 Benghazi consulate attacks in which four Americans were killed.
The Clintons have one daughter, Chelsea Clinton, and a granddaughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky.