Hillary Clinton served as the Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama. In this role, she was responsible for managing the country's foreign affairs and representing the United States to other nations. Clinton played a key role in various international issues, including the U.S. response to the Arab Spring and the military intervention in Libya. Before her tenure as Secretary of State, Clinton was a U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. She is also known for her candidacy in the 2016 presidential election, where she became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party in the United States.