thank god she didn't listen to me. >> i, hillary rodham clinton -- >> hillary clinton's election to the over. >> it was like his career was shutting down, and hers was just beginning. >> i think that was really liberating for her, to leave the white house, actually. >> she went on to do so much good in that role. >> republican congressmen expected heexpect expected herb to just lord it over them. no, what she did was use her celebrity to shine on their legislation. >> after eight years as senator of new york -- >> thank you, rob bet. i successfully avoided this room for eight years. >> hillary becomes barack obama's secretary of state. by 2016, there's only one place left to go. >> we've reached a milestone. the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee. >> but when hillary makes a bid for the highest office in the land -- >> she's a very unlikeable candidate -- >> she once again finds herself under attack. >> is not charismatic, she is not likeable -- >> to me there was a direct line of everything you had heard for 10, 20, 30 years. years and years

hillary rodham clinton's assignment for health care takes her role as a first lady to a controversialpolitics. >> the stakes are high for all americans but they are particularly high for older americans. we can do a much better job and save money at the same time. that's what we intend to do. >> what we are looking at now is a historic first. no first lady in american history had been appointed to a job, an official job of this degree of responsibility. hillary clinton has been appointed to come up with a plan to change health care for the better for all americans. >> she's doing health care. we're going to have a wonderful health care program in this didn't because of mrs. clinton. >> president clinton had talked about health care, the need to reform health care, the rising cost of health care and the effect not only on our economy but on specific families and his thoughts about how the system could be reformed and improved. it was novel certainly to have a first lady with the kind of confidence and skill and policy chops that she brought to it. >> bill clinton hugely admired and res

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