Hillary Clinton’s recent announcement that she’s running for president surprised nobody,
and marked the countdown to the 2016 election.
Now, of course we all know who Hillary Clinton is.
We’ve been hearing about her since 1993.
So what do we really know about Hillary Clinton?
Well, Hillary originally rose to prominence as President Bill Clinton’s wife, and First
Lady of both Arkansas and the White House.
Besides an embarrassing side-role in her husband’s alleged affairs, she played a very active
part in the Clinton administration as an advisor and unofficial diplomat.
She also pushed for healthcare reform, dubbed “Hillarycare” by conservatives, and championed
the rights of minority women.
Immediately after her stint as the First Lady, Hillary won a seat in the New York Senate
in 2000.
During her time in office she supported military action in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and initially
voted in favor of the Patriot Act.
However she also voted against two massive tax cuts, and ultimately opposed the 2007
troop surge in Iraq, calling for a slow withdrawal.
One of her final acts as Senator was voting for the 2008 bank bailout.
In 2008, Hillary campaigned to be the Democratic presidential candidate, but lost out to Barack
Obama after a heated, and financially record breaking run for both.
Despite competition between the two during the campaign, President Obama appointed Clinton
as his Secretary of State for his first term.
She continued to champion women’s rights and gay rights as global issues.
She also played a significant role in the US’s actions during the Arab Spring, as
well as the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
However her biggest challenge was following terror attacks on a US embassy in Benghazi
[ben-GAH-zee], Libya that ended in the deaths of four Americans.
Clinton was widely criticized after assuming responsibility for denying additional security
to the embassy before the attacks.
In 2012, Hillary resigned as Secretary of State, as she had been planning to since 2010.
For the first time since 1979, became a private citizen.
Although, that lapse in service clearly hasn’t lasted too long.
So far she has already been criticized in her current campaign for using a private email
address during her time as Secretary of State.
But we know one thing about Hillary Clinton, it’s that she’s been dodging public controversy
for the past 36 years, and will be no stranger to the coming fight for the Presidency.
The world of media and politics can be a really strange place sometimes.
Over on Seeker, Evan took a look at why Republicans have no equivalent to Jon Stewart, and the
daily show.
Check that video out in the description below, and thanks for watching TestTube!