Hillary Clinton

Lawyer, senator, first lady, diplomat. In Arkansas, she was a lawyer at a top firm while Bill Clinton was governor. In the White House, she advised her husband and oversaw an ill-fated health care overhaul. As a senator from New York, she worked across the aisle to secure benefits for Sept. 11 responders. Her vote for the Iraq invasion became a point of contention in 2008. She later described her support as a “mistake.” At the State Department, she was a hawkish member of Obama’s national security team as secretary of state, who helped set the foundation for nuclear talks with Iran.

– The Associated Press