and marked the countdown to the 2016 election.

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, she 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, 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!