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| Hillary Clinton | |
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| Party | Democrat |
| Website | www.hillaryclinton.com/ |
| Born | Chicago |
| Education | Wellesley |
| Occupation | Former Secretary of State |
| Religion | Methodism |
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Hillary Clinton
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The 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, the 67th United States Secretary of State, was announced in a YouTube video, on April 12, 2015.
Hillary Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton, was the United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009 and served as Secretary of State under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. The runner-up in the 2008 Democratic primaries, her candidacy in the 2016 election is her second bid for the presidency.
Clinton's main competitor in the Democratic nomination contest was Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. During the primary elections, she had the most support from middle aged and older voters and from black, Latino and female voters. She has focused her platform on several issues, including expanding racial and women's rights, raising wages and ensuring equal pay for women, and improving healthcare.
On June 6, 2016, the Associated Press declared Clinton the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party after she reached the required number of delegates, including both pledged delegates and superdelegates. Sanders endorsed her candidacy on July 12, 2016. Delegates voted at the Democratic National Convention that took place between July 25–28, 2016. On July 22, 2016, Hillary Clinton announced Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate. On July 26, 2016, Clinton and Kaine were officially nominated at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
Pros/Cons Source 
Submitted by john wertz on 2016-10-15 15:28:15
Pros
- High-level government knowledge from her stint as Secretary of State and Former First Lady
- Opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
- In favor of maintaining American influence in the Middle East
- Opposes Trump's call to ban Muslims from the United States
- Supports Israel
Cons
- Known for her mishanlding of Benghazi situation, whereby 4 Americans died. Accusations have been made that this was tied into supplying arms to ISIS, a treasonable offense.
- Accusations swirling about potential prison-related Secured emails on various non-secured servers outside of the normal national security channels
- Swirling accusations of malfeasance regarding the Clinton Foundation, including receiving contributions from our enemies
- Presented detailed plans for regulating Wall Street financial activities; she proposes reining in the largest institutions to limit risky behavior, appointing... More
