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Chelsea, Bill, and Hillary Clinton walking down Pennsylvania Avenue to start Bill's second presidential term in 1997. Another investigated scandal involving Clinton was the White House travel office controversy, often referred to as "Travelgate". [165]
The United States Senate career of Hillary Rodham Clinton began when she defeated Republican Rick Lazio in the 2000 United States Senate election in New York. She was elected to a second term in 2006. Clinton resigned from the Senate on January 21, 2009, to become United States Secretary of State for the Obama Administration.
McGill University professor of history Gil Troy titled his 2006 biography of her Hillary Rodham Clinton: Polarizing First Lady and wrote that after the 1992 campaign, Clinton "was a polarizing figure, with 42 percent [of the public] saying she came closer to their values and lifestyle than previous first ladies and 41 percent disagreeing."
The Clinton family is an American political family from New York who originate from Arkansas, who are related to Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States (1993–2001), and his wife Hillary Clinton, the 67th United States secretary of state (2009–2013), senator from New York (2001–2009) and the first lady of the United States ...
"Hillary Clinton is a model politician for millions of women around the world" who "represents in an exemplary way women's rights", the jury for the prize said. [ 18 ] On February 15, 2005, Clinton was given the American Medical Women's Association 's President's Vision & Voice Award, for being an advocate for women's health and related issues.
Hillary Clinton, the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States in 2016, has taken positions on political issues while serving as First Lady of Arkansas (1979–81; 1983–92), First Lady of the United States (1993–2001); as U.S. Senator from New York (2001–2009); and serving as the United States Secretary of State (2009–2013).
Born October 26, 1947, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, an upper-middle-class Chicago suburb with tree-lined streets, shopping centers, and church spires dotting the ...
Clinton meets with President Hugo Chávez at the Summit of the Americas on April 19, 2009. Clinton co-chaired the high-level U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, D.C., on July 27–28, 2009 and led the Strategic Track for the United States.