Assistant Secretary of Defense, Dr., Hamre, and First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton listen to a panel discussion on modern day child care

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, born October 26, 1947, is an American politician who was the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, and the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election. Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969, and earned a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1973.