Clinton and Kaine were officially nominated at the 2016 Democratic National Convention on July 26. Senator Tim Kaine would be her vice presidential running mate on July 22. Sanders endorsed Clinton's campaign for president on July 12. The Associated Press declared Clinton the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party after she reached the required number of delegates, including both pledged delegates and superdelegates on June 6, 2016. She focused her platform on several issues, including expanding racial, LGBT, and women's rights, raising wages and ensuring equal pay for women, and improving healthcare. She received the most support from middle aged and older voters, as well as from African-American, Latino and older female voters. She was previously a United States Senator from New York, 2001 to 2009, and is the wife of former President Bill Clinton, serving as First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001.Ĭlinton's main competitor in the 2016 Democratic primary election was Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Hillary Clinton was the 67th United States Secretary of State and served during the first term of the Obama administration, 2009 to 2013. The 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton was announced in a YouTube video, on April 12, 2015.
