Hillary Clinton's Life
Hillary Clinton was born Hillary Diane Rodham on October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1969, Hillary Rodham entered Yale Law School, where she met Bill Clinton. The former President recalls how Hillary strode up to him and said, "If you're going to keep staring at me, I might as well introduce myself."
Hillary and Bill Clinton married in 1975. Hillary Clinton joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas Law School in the same year and the Rose Law Firm in 1976.
In 1978, President Jimmy Carter appointed Hillary Clinton to the board of the Legal Services Corporation, and Bill Clinton became governor of Arkansas. Their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980.
In 1993 Hillary Clinton chaired the Task Force on National Health Care Reform, and she continued to be a leading advocate for expanding health insurance coverage, ensuring children are properly immunized, and raising public awareness of health issues.
In 1996, Hillary Clinton wrote the best-selling book, 'It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us'.
Also in 1996, in the so-called 'Whitewater Affair', she became the first wife of a President to appear before a grand jury.
Hillary Clinton was elected United States Senator for New York on November 7, 2000.
In 2003 Hillary Clinton published 'Living History' about her eight years in the White House.
By the end of January 2006, Hillary Clinton had raised over $33 million for her Senate re-election campaign - donors included Paul Newman, Danny DeVito and Jerry Seinfeld's family.
In January 2007, Hillary Clinton announced that she was in the race to be President: "I will form an exploratory committee to run for president."
However, all did not go well for Hillary Clinton, In January 2008, in Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses, she came in third behind John Edwards and the winner Barack Obama.
The Presidential race turned into a close run thing between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination and by mid February 2008, it was still neck and neck.