The Monday Essay: Hillary Clinton may have lost her bid for the US presidency – but even her critics admit she has shone as Secretary of State. Rupert Cornwell on the real comeback kid
There was Hillary Clinton, stepping up to the rostrum in the White House press room one day last month, to expound on the virtues of the new nuclear arms limitation treaty between the US and Russia. She performed with her customary authority and command of the facts, as well as the sense of humour, often overlooked, that is another of her trademarks. Might there be problems over ratification in the Duma, the Moscow parliament, a reporter asked. Well, she replied with a giggle, the US had offered to send White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel over to use his legendary (and foul-mouthed) powers of persuasion on recalcitrant Russian legislators. “If President Medvedev wants to take us up on it, we're ready.”
hina today inflamed the international row with America over cyber-attacks on Google, denouncing Hillary Clinton’s criticism of the country’s internet curbs as “information imperialism”.
The Global Times, an English-language newspaper published by the state, said today that information from the West comes “loaded with aggressive rhetoric against those countries that do not follow their lead”.
“Unlike advanced Western countries, Chinese society is still vulnerable to the effect of multifarious information flowing in, especially when it is for creating disorder,” it said.
he US today threw down the gauntlet to China over its internet censorship of its citizens in a hard-hitting speech by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
She urged China to investigate cyber attacks that led Google to threaten to pull out of the country – and challenged Beijing to publish its findings.
“Countries that restrict free access to information or violate the basic rights of internet users risk walling themselves off from the progress of the next century,” she said, adding that the US and China “have different views on this issue, and we intend to address those differences candidly and consistently”.
n a campaign rally in Unity, New Hampshire on june 27th, the former two democratic rivals showed a united front against republican presidential candidate John McCain.
illary Clinton endorses Barack Obama fully and acknowledges her defeat. She said in a graceful speech: “I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the race he has run, I endorse him and throw my full support behind him.”
bama and Hillary Clinton met in secret. According to Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs the meeting was “to bring these candidates together and moving forward for the fall campaign.”
ay 31st, 2008: the survivors will call it Judgment Day, the day that Hillary Clinton hijacks the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee to achieve the full seating of Florida and Michigan’s disputed delegates and effectively wrest the nomination away from Barack Obama. But wait… can this really happen? We take a look at the actual situation behind thehype in today’s episode of TPMtv.
he race is over for Hillary Clinton. Advisers and the media agree. The question is if Clinton sees it herself and when she will step aside gracefully. See the CBS report:
illary Clinton won the New Hampshire primary by surprise, after several polls indicated that Barack Obama led by a 10% margin. He now lost with 36%, with Clinton taking the New Hampshire lead with 39%. A decisive but close finish. A close race is starting right now.
n a campaign rally in Unity, New Hampshire on june 27th, the former two democratic rivals showed a united front against republican presidential candidate John McCain.
arack Obama after winning as nominee speaks to his campaign staff. “Because we won, we have to win.”
hort history of the Democratic primaries.
illary Clinton endorses Barack Obama fully and acknowledges her defeat. She said in a graceful speech: “I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the race he has run, I endorse him and throw my full support behind him.” 
nice review in the New York Times of the Clinton campaign, trying to answer the question why the inevitable candidate failed in the end.
bama and Hillary Clinton met in secret. According to Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs the meeting was “to bring these candidates together and moving forward for the fall campaign.”
ictory speech in a loud Minnesota.
ay 31st, 2008: the survivors will call it Judgment Day, the day that Hillary Clinton hijacks the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee to achieve the full seating of Florida and Michigan’s disputed delegates and effectively wrest the nomination away from Barack Obama. But wait… can this really happen? We take a look at the actual situation behind thehype in today’s episode of TPMtv.
ith his win in North Carolina and the close result in Indiana Barack Obama takes his campaign the next step to the nomination of the Democratic party. 
