The Clintons through the years

President-elect Bill Clinton and Vice President-elect Al Gore are joined by their families as they greet a cheering crowd in front of the Old State House in Little Rock, Ark., on election night 1992.   (Susan Ragan / Associated Press )

Bill Clinton, flanked by Hillary and daughter Chelsea, greets the Washington crowd at his 1993 inauguration.   (Jim Bourg / Reuters)

The Clintons at an event at the University of Illinois Circle Campus in August 1996.   (Alex Garcia / Los Angeles Times )

Hillary, Chelsea and Bill Clinton at the convocation ceremony at Stanford University on Chelsea’s first day at the university on Sept. 19, l997.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

The Clintons attend a prayer service at Chongwenmen Protestant Church in Beijing in June 1998.   (Vincent Thian / Associated Press)

The Clintons walk with the family dog, Buddy, as they leave the White House for Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., in August 1998.   (Roberto Borea / Associated Press)

The Clintons aboard a sailboat with former newscaster Walter Cronkite near Edgartown, Mass., on Aug. 25, 1998.   (Charles Krupa / Associated Press)

President Clinton embraces Hillary and Chelsea after his address at the Democratic National Convention at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Aug. 14, 2000.   (Bob Galbraith / Associated Press)

President George W. Bush with the Clintons during the inauguration of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Ark., in November 2004.   (Roberto Schmidt / AFP/Getty Images )

The Clintons in New York in October 2007.   (Frank Franklin II / Associated Press )

Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs daughter Chelsea after an address to supporters at Manhattan Center Studios in New York in February 2007.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Hillary Rodham Clinton at a primary election night rally on May 6, 2008, in Indianapolis when she was seeking the Democratic presidential nomination.   (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Chelsea and Bill Clinton applaud as Hillary Rodham Clinton announces the end of her presidential campaign in June 2008 at the National Building Museum in Washington.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)