Hillary Clinton: A political life in 25 pictures

Hillary Rodham Clinton as a Wellesley College senior, May 31, 1969. 

Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham pictured in 1969 at Wellesley College, where Hillary was an undergraduate student. They began dating in 1971. 

Hillary, as a young lawyer, works as a member of the impeachment committee advising the House Committee of the Judiciary during the Watergate scandal. 

Bill and Hillary, who married in 1973, are joined by their daughter Chelsea whilst campaigning for Bill’s presidency in 1991. 

Supreme Court Justice William Reinquist gives oath at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1992. 

The Clinton’s dance together at the MTV Rock N’ Roll Inaugural Ball in 1993. 

President Clinton and First Lady Hilary Rodham Clinton address the residents of Century Village East a retirement community as part of the Clintons Health Care Forum speech. 

The First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton presents her health care plan in Seattle. 

Clinton meets with Nelson Mandela, who was elected President of South Africa in 1994, during a trip to Capetown. 

The First Lady and the Princess dined together and shared jokes at the Whitehouse in 1997. 

First Lady Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton attend an Inaugural Ball after he was sworn in to a second term at President in 1998. 

President Bill Clinton appears with First Lady Hillary Clinton to make a statement to reporters outside the oval office following his impeachment by the US House of Representatives in 1998. Clinton rejected calls for his resignation after the House impeached him on one count of perjury and obstruction of justice. This came following the Monica Lewinsky scandal. 

Hillary, as the first First Lady to run for political office, defeats Congressman Rick Lazio to become the United States Senator from New York. 

Bill and Hillary Clinton share a kiss after she introduces him at the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2004. An estimated 30,000 spectators were in attendance. 

Senator Hillary Clinton and fellow members of New York’s congressional district speak during a news conference in Washington, DC. in 2005. The delegation was highlighting the problems of Ground Zero workers, some of whom have health problems and others who have lost their jobs

Clinton announces she will be running for President in 2007. 

Democratic presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton shake hands following the first debate of the 2008 presidential campaign on April 26, 2007. The debate featured eight Democratic candidates. 

Hillary Clinton endorses Barack Obama, who goes on to become the first African-American President of the U.S. 

Hillary Clinton is sworn in with husband Bill and daughter Chelsea by her side as the 67th US Secretary of State. 

Now as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama host an awards ceremony to announce the 2009 recipients of the Secretary of State’s Award for International Women of Courage. The awards were given to eight women from around the world who showed leadership while struggling for social justice and human rights.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens as Bashar Ja’Afari, Syrian ambassador to the United Nations, speak at a United Nations Security Council meeting on the crisis in Syria on January 31, 2012 in New York City.

On April 12, 2015, Clinton formally announced her candidacy for the presidency in the 2016 election. 

Clinton debates with Republican nominee Donald Trump at the Second Presidential debate. Clinton is unanimously named the winner of each Presidential debate for this election cycle. 

Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the 2016 Presidential election and becomes the first female President of the United States.