How Hillary Obtained Presidential Candidacy By dcbiber Sep 1, 1965 Attends Wellesley College Oct 26, 1969 Attends Yale Law School Jan 1, 1974 Appointed to Staff of House Judiciary Committee During Watergate Scandal Oct 28, 1977 Jimmy Carter appoints her to the Board of Legal Services Corporation Oct 28, 1983 Appointed Head of the Arkansas Education Standards Committee Period: Oct 28, 1993 to Oct 29, 2001 Clinton served as First Lady Period: Jan 3, 2001 to Jan 21, 2009 Elected to US Senate from New York Jan 20, 2007 Announced plans to run for Presidency Feb 1, 2008 Conceded the nomination during the Democratic Primary when it was clear Obama had majority Period: Jan 22, 2009 to Jan 22, 2013 Served as 67th US Secretary of State Jun 13, 2015 Officially launches her presidential campaign at a rally in New York City Oct 1, 2015 Testifies on Benghazi on Capitol Hill https://www.c-span.org/video/?326471-1/hillary-clinton-presidential-campaign-announcement (15:00-16:00) Feb 11, 2016 Democratic Debate Milwaukee, Wisconsin (wins primary) Jun 7, 2016 First US woman to become presidential nominee for a major political party Jul 22, 2016 Announces senator from Virginia, Tim Kaine, as her running mate Jul 26, 2016 Clinton and Kaine officially nominated as the candidates for the Democratic party at the DNC http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/07/29/hillary-clintons-speech-wrapup-origwx-mg.cnn Sep 26, 2016 First debate of the presidential nominees Oct 9, 2016 Second debate between the presidential nominees Oct 19, 2016 The third and final debate between the presidential nominees Nov 8, 2016 The 2016 Presidential Election