Before she became first lady, New York's first female US senator, and a viral internet meme, Hillary Clinton was a city girl who dreamed of being an astronaut or a baseball player.
Clinton, for the second time, is seeking the Democratic nomination for US president. Bolstered by a strong debate performance, Vice President Joe Biden's decision not to enter the race, and her testimony before Congress last week, she enters into the last two months of the year the clear front-runner to be her party's nominee.
On her 68th birthday, and with her presidential campaign gearing up for the homestretch ahead of the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire presidential primary in a few months, we decided to take a look back at how Clinton became one of the world's most powerful people.
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Born October 26, 1947, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, an upper-middle-class Chicago suburb with tree-lined streets, shopping centers, and church spires dotting the skyline.
The family lived in a two-story brick house on the corner of Wisner and Elm streets, since named Rodham Corner by the city. It was a central hub for the neighborhood children.
Source: Chicago Tribune
Clinton's mother, Dorothy, cared for the family and taught Sunday school, and her father, Hugh, ran a small drapery business after serving in the US Navy during World War II.
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