Hillary Clinton is an American politician and former United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013; a former United States Senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009; and, as the wife of President Bill Clinton, was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. She was a leading candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination to the 2008 presidential election and has announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential election.
