Hillary Clinton

During her husband's campaign in 1982, Rodham began to use the name Hillary Clinton.

After her husband became a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination of 1992, Hillary Clinton received national attention for the first time.

Hillary Clinton made remarks about Tammy Wynette and baking cookies during the campaign that were ill-considered by her own admission.

Later saying she had been misled by her husband's initial claims that no affair had taken place, Hillary Clinton stated at the time that the allegations against her husband were the result of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."

Both Clintons' memoirs later stated that the revelation of the affair was a very painful time in their marriage; Hillary Clinton faced both support and criticism for remaining in the marriage.

Hillary Clinton received an "A" on the Drum Major Institute's 2005 Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues.

Hillary Clinton has been involved in numerous controversies involving allegations of legal, financial, or ethical wrongdoings, notably official enquiries into her business dealings in Arkansas and her involvement in the administration of her husband, as well as controversial public and private statements that attracted media attention.

Hillary Clinton has been given numerous awards and honors related to her public service.

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Clinton picks up support from another state Senator
Boston Globe - United States
MANCHESTER, NH -- Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign picked up an endorsement from a New Hampshire state Senator who represents a key district in the ...
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Democrats debate Thursday
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
Hillary Clinton of New York, Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, former Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska, Rep. ...
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Mark Fabiani and Hillary Clinton (and a robbery at gunpoint!)
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
This is from USA TODAY: Fabiani's skills at friendly persuasion are legendary: On one day in 1996 he had to field questions about Hillary Rodham Clinton's ...
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Helen Thomas: Will the real Hillary Clinton stand up?
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
By Helen Thomas WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, DN.Y., has great political skills, but her war-and-peace compass leaves ...
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Hillary Clinton suggests new bond scheme to boost Ulster's economy
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
By Sean O'Driscoll Senator Hillary Clinton has suggested a new type of "Irish bond" to raise money for the Northern Ireland economy. ...
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Obama claims nearly 250000 donors
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Is this a tacit acknowledgment that Hillary Clinton will outraise him again this quarter? We'll know after this weekend. ...
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In 1996, Clinton presented a vision for the children of America in the book It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us. It was reported that when Elizabeth Dole joined the Senate in 2003 under somewhat similar circumstances, she modeled her initial approach after Clinton's, as did the nationally visible Barack Obama in 2005. During 1974 she was a member of the impeachment inquiry staff in Washington, D. Events surrounding this scandal eventually led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton. In 1998, the Clintons' relationship became the subject of much speculation and gossip as a result of the Lewinsky scandal, when it was revealed the President had had an extramarital affair with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. In late 2005, Clinton said that while immediate withdrawal from Iraq would be a mistake, Bush's pledge to stay "until the job is done"is also misguided, as it gives Iraqis "an open-ended invitation not to take care of themselves. After her husband became a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination of 1992, Hillary Clinton received national attention for the first time. In anticipation of high sales, publisher Simon & Schuster paid Clinton a record advance of $8 million. Earlier, she attempted to reach a compromise by proposing a legislative ban on flag burning that would not require a constitutional amendment, but it was also voted down. Rodham then entered Yale Law School, where she served on the Board of Editors of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action. Clinton's eventual opponents in the general election were Republican candidate John Spencer, a former mayor of Yonkers, along with several third-party candidates. In 2004, Clinton co-founded and became the co-chair of the Senate India Caucus with the aid of USINPAC, a political action committee. In May 2007, following the Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter v.

Stemming from the demands of some students, she became the first student in Wellesley College history to deliver their commencement address. That summer, she traveled to Washington to work on Senator Walter Mondale's subcommittee on migrant workers, researching migrant problems in housing, sanitation, health and education. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter (for whom Rodham had done 1976 campaign coordination work in Indiana) appointed her to the board of the Legal Services Corporation. She is regarded as the most openly empowered presidential wife in American history, save for Eleanor Roosevelt. In the White House, Clinton placed donated handicrafts of contemporary American artisans, such as pottery and glassware, on rotating display in the state rooms.

She attended the "Wellesley in Washington"summer program at the urging of Professor Alan Schechter, for whom she would write a senior thesis about the tactics of radical community organizer Saul Alinsky (that, years later while she was First Lady, was suppressed at the request of the White House and became the subject of mystery).