Fitzpatrick noted that Clinton benefited from the challenges that civil rights activists and feminists posed to the rules of the Democratic Party.
Clinton came to national attention through her husband and former President Bill Clinton which gave her a “national platform and kept her in the spotlight.”
“When she left the White House, she ran for the Senate on her own, was elected for two terms, and used that position to further advance within the Democratic Party.
“She had unrivalled access to money and party support as a United States senator. And then when she was defeated in 2008, she took a job in her rival’s (Barack Obama) Administration, having further experience as a secretary of state,” Fitzpatrick said.
