Hillary Clinton is the current United States Secretary of State. In 2008 she ran for president and is considered a revolutionary women in politics. Hillary Clinton was born on October 26th, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1969 Hillary Clinton attended law school at Yale and soon married future United States president Bill Clinton. From 1993 to 2001 Hillary Clinton was the first lady of the United States and played a very large role in the matters of public policy. She was later considered the second most openly empowered first lady behind Elanor Roosevelt. As the first lady Bill Clinton appointed Hillary Clinton to head the task force on National Health Care Reform. After Bill Clinton's 8 year term as president ended Hillary Clinton ran for senator from New York, she won with 55% of the votes. She was sworn in as a senator in 2001. In 2004 Hillary Clinton launched a campaign to be re-elected as a senator from New York, once again Hilary Clinton won with 67% of the votes. Up until 2007 she served as senator but in 2008 she ran for president of the United States. Although she lost to Barrack Obama she was still considered a legitimate candidate and was one of the few women to run for president. When Obama took office Hillary Clinton was appointed US Secretary of State. Hillary Clinton has been a very influential and famous political figure and played a role similar to Theodora because she was also one of the main advisors to the leader of the country as their wives.
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