How Hillary Obtained Presidential Candidacy

By dcbiber

  • Attends Wellesley College

  • Attends Yale Law School

  • Appointed to Staff of House Judiciary Committee During Watergate Scandal

  • Jimmy Carter appoints her to the Board of Legal Services Corporation

  • Appointed Head of the Arkansas Education Standards Committee

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    Clinton served as First Lady

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    Elected to US Senate from New York

  • Announced plans to run for Presidency

  • Conceded the nomination during the Democratic Primary when it was clear Obama had majority

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    Served as 67th US Secretary of State

  • Officially launches her presidential campaign at a rally in New York City

  • Testifies on Benghazi on Capitol Hill

    https://www.c-span.org/video/?326471-1/hillary-clinton-presidential-campaign-announcement (15:00-16:00)

  • Democratic Debate Milwaukee, Wisconsin (wins primary)

  • First US woman to become presidential nominee for a major political party

  • Announces senator from Virginia, Tim Kaine, as her running mate

  • Clinton and Kaine officially nominated as the candidates for the Democratic party at the DNC

    http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/07/29/hillary-clintons-speech-wrapup-origwx-mg.cnn

  • First debate of the presidential nominees

  • Second debate between the presidential nominees

  • The third and final debate between the presidential nominees

  • The 2016 Presidential Election