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Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is a strong, charismatic leader, known for her sharp intelligence, political sensibilities and extreme diligence and persistence in pursuing her goals.

Hillary Clinton was the first child of a U.S. Marine drill instructor turned factory worker, and his wife, who was born to neglectful teenage parents. While little has been written of her early childhood, her father has been described as strongly confrontational.

Sen. Hillary Clinton is lifelong, is a devout Methodist, and was especially active in church groups as a teenager. Hillary was a Goldwater supporter, dubbed Goldwater Girls, while in high school, and was President of the Young Republicans at Wellesley College.

Like many baby boomers, her politics became more liberal as the Vietnam War raged. By the time she was selected valedictorian of her Wellesley class, she was a Eugene McCarthy Democrat.

She chose Yale over Harvard Law School after a cocktail party run-in with an chauvinistic Harvard professor, and soon after, met Bill Clinton in a Yale library.

In 1975, Hillary Rodham moved to Arkanas and married Bill Clinton, wearing an off-the-rack cotton wedding dress she bought the day before their wedding. She started her career anew in Little Rock with the Rose Law Firm.

Theirs has been a rocky, tempestuous marriage, in which serious rifts were played out on the public stage. Many speculate that Bill and Hillary would have divorced, had there not been an adored child.

Others close to the Clintons insist, however, that Bill and Hillary are deeply bonded, as shown by the fact that their marriage has endured for over 30 years. (See more at Profile of Bill Clinton, Spouse of 2008 Candidate.)

Sen. Clinton was elected to the Senate in 2000 and reelected in 2006 after serving as First Lady during her husband’s two terms as President and 12 years as Arkansas governor. She’s an ‘08 candidate for the Democratic party nomination for the presidency.

Mrs. Clinton was an activist First Lady, staunchly supporting children’s issues, womens’ rights and universal health care for all Americans. In 1993, she notoriously chaired the failed Task Force on National Health Care Reform.

Sen. Clinton is a strong, outspoken leader with sharp intelligence, political sensibilities, predilection for working hard, and persistence in pursuing her agenda.

Clinton touts herself as an aggressive fighter, and openly savors the tough thrust and parry of political campaigning. In private, she’s reputed to be much warmer and friendlier than her public persona would suggest. She commands the respect and loyalty of many who have known her for decades.

Hillary Clinton is widely known as a practical “policy wonk” who enjoys engagement in the fine details of proposals and plans, rather than as a big-picture visionary.

Sen. Clinton is a passionate advocate of health care reform and universal health care, education, and measures to aid middle-class Americans.

Clinton voted to 2002 to support the Iraq War. In 2007, she admitted to regretting that vote, although she has never apologized for her Iraq War vote, as did John Edwards during the 2008 campaign.

As senator, she’s given new priority to issues affecting the military and national security. Reacting to 2004 voting discrepancies, she has deep interest in voters’ right and election reform.

After law school, Senator Clinton joined the impeachment staff of the House Judiciary Committee in its investigation of President Nixon. She also advised the Children’s Defense Fund. After marriage to Bill Clinton, she worked at the Rose Law firm in Little Rock. She was twice named by Time magazine as a top 100 lawyer nationally. She was also First Lady of Arkansas during her husband’s 12 years as Governor.