Key moments in Hillary Clinton’s campaign
Democratic presidential candidates participate in a televised debate Oct. 30, 2007, at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards sharply challenge Clintons candor, consistency and judgment. Clinton evades direct answers to several questions, including her views on New York Gov. Eliot Spitzers plan to offer drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)
Clinton -- here at a campaign stop New Year’s Eve at Keokuk Middle School in Iowa -- places third in that state’s leadoff caucuses Jan. 3, trailing Obama and Edwards. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
On the eve of the Jan. 8 New Hampshire primary, the usually steely Clinton becomes emotional during a stop at a Portsmouth diner. Asked how she keeps it together amid the rigors of daily campaigning, she says: “It’s not easy, and I couldn’t do it if I didn’t passionately believe it was the right thing to do.” Then, her eyes welling and her voice breaking, she continues: “You know, this is very personal for me. It’s not just political.” (Elise Amendola / Associated Press)
Clinton celebrates her unexpected comeback victory in the New Hampshire primary with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and daughter Chelsea at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. Clinton garnered 39% of the vote, Obama 37% and Edwards 17%. (Justin Lane / EPA)
Super Tuesday, Feb. 5, is considered a split decision: Clinton -- here greeting supporters in New York -- wins nine states plus American Samoa. Obama wins 13 states. (John Edwards ended his presidential bid a week earlier.) After the dust settles, Clinton reveals that she loaned her campaign $5 million. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
In March, Clinton admits she made a “mistake” by claiming -- repeatedly -- that she had come under sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia in 1996, while she was first lady. This photo from that trip shows her talking with schoolgirls in Tuzla. (AFP / Getty Images)
On June 3, the final day of the primary season, Clinton acknowledges supporters at Manhattan’s Baruch College. Obama had clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, but Clinton refused to concede. She is set to finally abandon her quest today and -- in the interest of party unity -- endorse her rival. (Stan Honda / AFP / Getty Images)
Clinton thanks her supporters at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. on June 7, announcing the suspension of her campaign and support for
