Clinton then moved to the university town of Fayetteville, Arkansas, where she joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas Law School. In she and Bill Clinton were married. In and , Clinton was named one of the most influential lawyers in America. Clinton continued to practice law after Bill Clinton became governor of Arkansas, while also serving as a very active first lady.
She led the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee, which greatly improved schools, and promoted programs that benefit women. In , when Bill Clinton was elected president, Clinton became the first First Lady to hold a law degree. However, the effort failed in the mids.
Clinton continued to work on the edges of the issue, helping to establish the Children's Health Insurance Program. Clinton constantly traveled during her time as First Lady. This convocation had been held every five years since , but no first lady had attended it.
New Yorkers gained confidence in her, and Clinton easily won her reelection. On January 20, , Clinton announced her candidacy for president and joined the historic race. Although Clinton received roughly 18 million votes, she lost in the Democratic Primary to Senator Barack Obama, who went on to win the presidency. Clinton served as secretary of state for the Obama administration from During this time, Clinton focused on women and human rights.
Rodham worked for Anne Wexler, a veteran campaigner she knew from Connecticut. She helped register voters, especially new voters in the 18—21 age group, African Americans, and Hispanics, though she did not speak Spanish.
She impressed her colleagues in Washington and was offered many lucrative jobs on the East Coast after the committee disbanded. There, Rodham taught criminal and constitutional law, ran a legal services clinic, performed prison projects, and did advocacy work while Clinton embarked on his political career. He sought the U. Clinton lost to the popular incumbent, though by only four percentage points. During the congressional campaign, Rodham made political contacts and personal friendships around the state and decided to stay in Arkansas.
She married Clinton on October 11, , at California Street in Fayetteville, the home where they lived while both taught law at the University of Arkansas. Then, in , Bill Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General, and they moved to the state capital. He would go on to serve five terms as Arkansas governor. She continued as an attorney specializing in patent infringement and intellectual property law at the Rose Law Firm.
That year, Hillary took the Clinton name, which some said was for political reasons and others said was out of consideration for their child. From to , she continued working as lawyer and social activist, sharpening her campaign skills, and helping Clinton to win four re-election campaigns as they gained national reputations as rising stars in the Democratic Party.
During his two terms — , Hillary Clinton became one of the most-traveled first ladies in U. She was the first U. She oversaw research, fact-finding trips, financial reports, and a number of committees composed of medical, insurance and governmental officials, consumer rights advocates, and other interested parties. During her tenure as first lady, Hilary Clinton became embroiled in several controversies which were amplified by the news media and in which no wrongdoing was ever proven.
He was later found not guilty of the charges. She chaired the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, which is responsible for communicating with the public about key issues before Congress.
In the Senate, she sponsored legislation to expand health benefits for members of the National Guard and Army Reserve. It was the fifth bestselling hardcover nonfiction book that year, and the New York Times named it one of the bestselling paperbacks of On January 20, , she announced her candidacy for the presidency of the United States.
Though widely viewed as the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, she placed third in the Iowa Democratic Caucus in January She subsequently won the New Hampshire primary. The nomination process, which soon became a rather even struggle between her and U. Senator Barack Obama, stretched out until June, when Obama finally garnered enough delegates to secure the nomination.
However, Clinton ended her presidential primary campaign having received more votes than any other woman in history. Secretary of State After Obama was elected president, he chose Clinton as his nominee for the position of Secretary of State, and on January 21, , she was confirmed by the U.
Senate by a vote of ninety-four to two. In her four years with the State Department, she logged almost one million air miles and visited more than countries. On February 1, , Clinton stepped down from her post as Secretary of State, saying she planned to write another book and spend more time with her family. The attack resulted in the death of two officials, including U. Christopher Stevens. It was also revealed that State Department officials had denied additional security for the diplomatic mission in Benghazi prior to the attack; Secretary Clinton later took responsibility for this in a congressional hearing on the subject.
The use of such a private account caused immediate concerns for national security, as well as the proper historical preservation of correspondence. Clinton stated in a press conference addressing the issue that she chose to use a private, secure e-mail server out of personal convenience. Presidential Candidate On April 12, , Clinton announced that she would be a candidate for the presidency of the United States in a bid to be the Democratic nominee.
Clinton squared off against Donald J. Trump, a New York real estate mogul and reality television star who emerged victorious from a crowded field of sixteen other candidates to become the Republican Party nominee. Many media polls reported that the two candidates both had low favorability ratings, and the presidential contest was regularly described as one of the most divisive in recent history.
On September 26, , Clinton became a first-time grandmother when daughter Chelsea gave birth to Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky. After much speculation and assumptions over whether she would run for the U. On April 12, her campaign chairperson John D. Podesta announced via email that the former secretary of state was entering the race to secure the Democratic presidential nomination for the elections. This was immediately followed by an online campaign clip , with Clinton herself announcing that she was running for president.
On her campaign site, Clinton addressed a wide variety of issues: lowering student debt, criminal justice reform, campaign finance reform, improving the healthcare coverage and costs of the Affordable Care Act a. Obamacare , and women's rights. However, the candidate was also known for her changing stances on various hot button issues, including her evolving support of gay marriage and her souring on the Trans Pacific Partnership.
In regard to the environment, Clinton had a plan to combat climate change but also faced questions from environmental activists for supporting fracking. She also supported the death penalty but claimed it should be implemented in exceptional cases.
In early March , Clinton faced controversy and criticism when it was revealed that she had used her personal email address to handle official governmental business during her time as secretary of state. In a news conference held at the United Nations, speaking initially on gender equality and the political situation in Iran, Clinton stated that she had utilized her personal email for convenience as allowed by state department protocol. She later turned over all governmental correspondence to the Obama administration while deleting messages that could be construed as personal.
In May , the State Department issued a statement regarding Clinton's ongoing email scandal. The department criticized her for not seeking permission to use a private email server and also stated it would not have approved it if she had. The page report, along with a separate FBI investigation and other legal matters that involved her private email account, exacerbated Clinton's controversial political reputation and became fodder for Republican officials.
A bipartisan group of almost one hundred former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials also signed a letter criticizing Comey. On November 6, just two days before the election, Comey wrote another letter to Congress stating that Clinton should not face criminal charges after a review of the new emails. On June 6, , Clinton was hailed as the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party and the first woman in the United States' year history "to top the presidential ticket of a major U.
The assessment was based on Clinton winning the support of a combination of pledged delegates and superdelegates needed to win the nomination. On June 7, the night of the final Super Tuesday primary, Clinton delivered a speech from the Brooklyn Navy Yard, acknowledging the historic achievement. It was eight years to the day since she had conceded her loss to Barack Obama in the presidential race. In our country, it started right here in New York, a place called Seneca Falls in where a small but determined group of women and men came together with the idea that women deserved equal rights and they set it forth in something called the Declaration of Sentiments and it was the first time in human history that that kind of declaration occurred.
So we all owe so much to those who came before and tonight belongs to all of you. She was born on June 4th, and some of you may know the significance of that date. On the very day my mother was born in Chicago, Congress was passing the 19th amendment to the constitution.
That amendment finally gave women the right to vote. And I really wish my mother could be here tonight I wish she could see her daughter become the Democratic party's nominee. And there is no doubt in my mind that, as we head into November, Hillary Clinton is far and away the best candidate to do that. On July 22, , Clinton announced via text message to her supporters that she had selected Tim Kaine, a Virginia senator and former Virginia governor and mayor, as her vice presidential running mate.
In July , on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Wikileaks published over nineteen thousand DNC emails that revealed how officials seemingly favored Clinton over Sanders and sought to undermine his campaign. The leak also showed the bitter tension between DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Sanders' campaign manager Jeff Weaver, the collusion between the DNC and the media, and the ways in which officials persuade big money donors.
As a result of the leak, Wasserman Schultz announced she would not be speaking at the convention and would step down as DNC chair. During this time, an FBI investigation was underway to discover who was responsible for the leaks, although intelligence was already pointing to Russia being behind the cyberattacks.
The release of the emails by Wikileaks during the Democratic National Convention was a blow to what party officials had hoped would be a time to unify and energize their base of supporters. The scandal reinvigorated the ire of Sanders' supporters, many of whom felt the DNC had rigged the election for Clinton from the start. Nonetheless, even amid protests, Clinton received an array of support from political allies, delegates, celebrities and everyday citizens in a series of convention speeches, including Barack and Michelle Obama , actresses Meryl Streep and Elizabeth Banks and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
After being introduced by daughter Chelsea, Clinton utilized the DNC's final night to officially accept her party's nomination for president, a historic achievement for women in the U.
In September , The Arizona Republic made a surprising announcement: it was endorsing a Democrat for the first time in its publication's history. The editorial board's decision to support Clinton was explained as follows:.
This reflects a deep philosophical appreciation for conservative ideals and Republican principles. The paper's unprecedented announcement came on the heels of The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Dallas Morning News' similar decision to break with their longstanding Republican roots by endorsing Clinton over Trump. Late into the evening, her defeat became clear when Trump earned the required majority of electoral votes. Breaking with political tradition, she declined to give a concession speech when the race was called but phoned Trump to concede.
The following afternoon Clinton delivered an emotional concession speech in which she congratulated Trump and said she "offered to work with him on behalf of our country.
We have seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought. But I still believe in America, and I always will. And if you do, then we must accept this result and then look to the future. Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. Our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power.
Clinton also addressed falling short of becoming the first female president of the United States: "I know we have still not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling, but someday, someone will, and hopefully sooner than we might think right now. Clinton concluded her speech quoting Biblical scripture. My friends, let us have faith in each other, let us not grow weary and lose heart, for there are more seasons to come and there is more work to do.
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