英語名人堂：希拉里·黛安·羅德姆·克林頓

希拉里·黛安·羅德姆·克林頓(Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton，1947年10月26日-)，美國(guó)律師、民主黨籍政治家，第67任國(guó)務(wù)卿，紐約州前聯(lián)邦參議員，美國(guó)第42屆、43屆總統(tǒng)比爾·克林頓的妻子。

2000年，希拉里在紐約州聯(lián)邦參議員選舉中勝出，成為該州歷史上第一位女性聯(lián)邦參議員，更成為歷史上第一位擁有公職的第一夫人，并在6年任期滿后以大幅度的領(lǐng)先優(yōu)勢(shì)獲得連任。希拉里·克林頓是一位富有爭(zhēng)議的政治人物，當(dāng)?shù)谝环蛉似陂g曾主持一系列改革。

希拉里參加了2008年美國(guó)總統(tǒng)選舉，并曾在民主黨總統(tǒng)候選人初選中大幅度領(lǐng)先，但最終敗給了伊利諾伊州的聯(lián)邦參議員貝拉克·奧巴馬，雖然她并非首位參與聯(lián)邦總統(tǒng)大選的女候選人，但卻被普遍認(rèn)為是歷史上第一位的確很有可能當(dāng)選的。最后奧巴馬成功當(dāng)選后，提名她出任國(guó)務(wù)卿，并最終成為美國(guó)歷史上的第3位女國(guó)務(wù)卿，卸任后民調(diào)顯示支持率達(dá)66% 。

2015年4月12日，希拉里正式宣布參選2016年美國(guó)總統(tǒng)大選。2016年6月7日，希拉里在民主黨總統(tǒng)候選人提名戰(zhàn)中獲勝，成為美國(guó)大選歷史上首位獲得主要政黨提名的女性。 2016年7月26日，希拉里正式獲得民主黨總統(tǒng)候選人提名。

Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most famous women in the world. She is an American politician and serves as Senator for New York. She was a candidate in 2008 for the Democraticnomination to run for the Presidency. Hillary is married to Bill Clinton and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. She has encouraged women worldwide to achieve their goals.

Hillary Rodham was born in Chicago in 1947. She was a highly popular and active girl at school. She loved sports and the Girl Scouts. At high school, she was involved in the student council and the school newspaper. After graduating with a degree in political science, she went onto Yale Law School. There she met and began dating Bill Clinton.

Hillary and Bill married in 1975. She joined a top law firm and slowly established herself as one of America’s top lawyers. She focused on children’s law. When Bill became Arkansas governor, Hillary went to work on reforming the state’s education. She was Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984.

Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the White House as First Lady in 2003. She spent eight extremely active years there, especially with health care and women’s issues. She became a US Senator in 2001. Clinton made history with her presidential campaign of 2008. Many believe she will one day become America’s first female president.