10 memorable events in Hillary Clinton's election campaign

(Baonghean.vn) - It has been a year since Hillary Clinton officially announced her candidacy for the 2016 US Presidential election. Let's review the 10 most notable events in a year full of ups and downs in the race to the White House for this Democratic candidate.

A Stop at Chipotle (April 2015)

On the afternoon of April 12, 2015, Mrs. Clinton announced her campaign for the US presidency via an online video. She and her assistant then headed to Iowa for two days, including a stop at a Chipotle restaurant.

Hillary Clinton at a Chipotle in Ohio in August 2015.

No one recognized Mrs. Clinton at the restaurant. It was only when reporters called to ask that the restaurant staff confirmed it through security cameras. Photos of Mrs. Clinton and her assistant ordering food taken from this tape quickly spread online.

Suspension of press inquiries (May 2015)

For the first few months, Hillary Clinton’s campaign consisted largely of small roundtables in Iowa and New Hampshire. During this time, she rarely took questions from the press, and at one point went 28 days without taking any.

Stopping reporters with ropes (July 2015)

During a July 4th parade in Gorham, New Hampshire, reporters following Clinton were separated, and sometimes pulled along by a rope. The purpose of this was to make room for Clinton as she marched, but photos of reporters being pulled along by the rope quickly went viral on Twitter.

The Unease Surrounding the Personal Email Incident (August 2015)

After a summer of being surrounded by questions about her use of personal email while serving as US Secretary of State, Mrs. Clinton made her discomfort clear at a press conference in Las Vegas.

When asked if she had “cleaned” her emails, Hillary Clinton purportedly replied: “What? Like with a piece of cloth?” Her response was unpopular, and three weeks later, Clinton apologized for the incident in an interview with ABC News.

The Debate That Turned the Tide (October 2015)

Things began to change after the first Democratic debate in Las Vegas. After weeks of private email scandals, low poll numbers, and Sanders’s dominance, the debate energized Clinton’s entire campaign and helped her regain her footing. Her supporters called it the best day of the campaign.

Benghazi Hearing (October 2015)

Hillary Clinton testified before Congress about the Benghazi Consulate in Syria in October 2015.

At the end of October, Mrs. Clinton had to testify before Congress about the terrorist attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi (Libya) on September 11, 2011. Mrs. Clinton appeared quite calm during this 11-hour hearing, and many people said that they decided to vote for her after this event.

Campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire (February 2016)

After more than 20 trips to Iowa and New Hampshire during her campaign, Clinton won the Iowa caucuses but lost heavily to Sanders in New Hampshire. The loss sent a shockwave through her entire campaign, and she had to change her message.

Around Trump's Threat (February 2016)

After winning two early voting states, Nevada and South Carolina, Clinton regained her confidence and responded to Trump's campaign message: "We don't need to make America great again. America will never stop being great." Many people saw this as the beginning of a shift to a two-party general election instead of just within Clinton's own Democratic Party.

Failure in Michigan (March 2016)

Clinton underestimated her rival Sanders. After a string of victories, Clinton lost Michigan, a state where she spent a lot of time on the campaign trail. This victory gave Sanders the momentum to advance further in the primary.

Campaigning in New York (April 2016)

Hillary Clinton enters a subway station in New York City on April 7, 2016.

The primary was fiercely contested in New York, where both Sanders and Trump hail from. Clinton showed off her New York roots by grabbing a cheeseburger at a Brooklyn restaurant and taking a short subway ride. But it took her five tries to get through the turnstile.

Thanh Hien

(According to ABC News)