Political positions of Hillary Clinton services, including access to contraception, develop a vaccine and treatment, and ensure people know how to protect themselves and their kids." Political positions of Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton, the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States in 2016, has taken positions on political issues while serving as First Lady of Arkansas (1979–81; 1983–92), First Lady of the United States (1993–2001); as U.S. Senator from New York (2001–2009); and serving as the United States Secretary of State (2009–2013). In accordance with longstanding custom, during her time as Secretary of State she largely avoided taking stances on most
Cultural and political image of Hillary Clinton Clinton as violating gender norms. Going into the early stages of her presidential campaign for 2008, a "Time" magazine cover showed a large picture of her, with two checkboxes labeled "Love Her", "Hate Her", while "Mother Jones" titled its profile of her "Harpy, Hero, Heretic: Hillary". Democratic netroots activists consistently rated Clinton very low in polls of their desired candidates, while some conservative figures such as Bruce Bartlett and Christopher Ruddy were declaring a Hillary Clinton presidency not so bad after all. An October 2007 cover of "The American Conservative" magazine was titled "The Waning Power of Hillary Hate". By