Hillary diane rodham clinton (English: hillary diane rodham clinton, 1947, born on 10/26 October) is an American lawyer and politician. The 67th Secretary of State of the United States, a former senator (representing New York), and the wife of Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States. In 2000, Hillary Clinton won the Senate election in New York, becoming the first female senator and the first first lady to hold public office in the history of the state. After Obama was successfully elected president of the United States in 2008, she was nominated as Secretary of State and eventually became the third female Secretary of State in American history. 2015 On April 12, Hillary officially announced her candidacy for the 20 16 US presidential election.