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[[Carl Bernstein]] has chronicled the history of depression which runs in Hillary's family. Her uncle attempted to hang himself but eventually died an alcoholic. Her other uncle died of coronary thrombosis, or blood clotting in the heart, according to the coroners report. Her brothers lived "in a fog of melancholia." Her father was emotionally abusive to her mother and the whole household; neighbors could not understand why her mother refused to leave, despite constant threats to do so. And his willingness to see her leave. This was before Lyndon Johnson's [[War on Poverty]], so it wasn't that easy for her to leave. Bernstein describes her father as, "a sour, unfulfilled man whose children suffered his relentless, demeaning sarcasm and misanthropic inclination, endured his embarrassing parsimony, and silently accepted his humiliation and verbal abuse of their mother....he had almost no recognizable enthusiasms or pretense to lightness as he descended into continuous bullying, ill-humor, complaint, and dejection." As First Lady, and on other ocassions, Hillary has defined herself as "rooted in the conservativism I was brought up with." Her mother was a Democrat and her father a Republican, they used to joke how they cancelled each other's vote out.

[[Carl Bernstein]] has chronicled the history of depression which runs in Hillary's family. Her uncle attempted to hang himself but eventually died an alcoholic. Her other uncle died of coronary thrombosis, or blood clotting in the heart, according to the coroners report. Her brothers lived "in a fog of melancholia." Her father was emotionally abusive to her mother and the whole household; neighbors could not understand why her mother refused to leave, despite constant threats to do so. And his willingness to see her leave. This was before Lyndon Johnson's [[War on Poverty]], so it wasn't that easy for her to leave. Bernstein describes her father as, "a sour, unfulfilled man whose children suffered his relentless, demeaning sarcasm and misanthropic inclination, endured his embarrassing parsimony, and silently accepted his humiliation and verbal abuse of their mother....he had almost no recognizable enthusiasms or pretense to lightness as he descended into continuous bullying, ill-humor, complaint, and dejection." As First Lady, and on other ocassions, Hillary has defined herself as "rooted in the conservativism I was brought up with." Her mother was a Democrat and her father a Republican, they used to joke how they cancelled each other's vote out.

She attended Wellesley College, which at the time was segregated by sex, and graduated in 1969 during the height of radical opposition to the Vietnam War.  She graduated with honors based on her 92-page senior thesis entitled ''"There Is Only the Fight . . . ": An Analysis of the Alinsky Model.'' The subject was famed [[community organizer]] [[Saul Alinsky]].  In the acknowledgements and end notes of the thesis, Rodham thanked Alinsky for two interviews and a job offer.  She received an A for her thesis.  When Clinton became First Lady, researchers sought access to the document, but the White House asked Wellesley for favoritism to hide the embarrassment, and the school complied by refusing access to researchers.

She attended Wellesley College, which at the time was segregated by sex, and graduated in 1969 during the height of radical opposition to the Vietnam War.  She graduated with honors based on her 92-page senior thesis entitled ''"There Is Only the Fight . . . ": An Analysis of the Alinsky Model.'' The subject was famed [[community organizer]] [[Saul Alinsky]].  In the acknowledgements and end notes of the thesis, Rodham thanked Alinsky for two interviews and a job offer.  She received an A for her thesis.  When Clinton became First Lady, researchers sought access to the document, but the White House asked Wellesley for favoritism to hide the embarrassment, and the school complied by refusing access to researchers.

Ever the opportunist, by 1974 she switched party allegiance and was hired as a member of the impeachment inquiry staff in Washington, D.C., advising the House Committee on the Judiciary during the [[Watergate scandal]].<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2015-11-05/how-richard-nixon-created-hillary-clinton How Richard Nixon Created Hillary Clinton], Sam Tanenhaus, Nov 5, 2015. bloomberg.com</ref>  She married Bill on October 11, 1975; daughter Chelsea was born in 1980.

Ever the opportunist, by 1974 she switched party allegiance and was hired as a member of the impeachment inquiry staff in Washington, D.C., advising the House Committee on the Judiciary during the [[Watergate scandal]].<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2015-11-05/how-richard-nixon-created-hillary-clinton How Richard Nixon Created Hillary Clinton], Sam Tanenhaus, Nov 5, 2015. bloomberg.com</ref>  She married Bill on October 11, 1975; daughter Chelsea was born in 1980.

==2016 Presidential election==

==2016 Presidential election==