The former First Lady was officially named as the Democratic nominee at the party’s national convention in Philadelphia on 27 July, BST.
Clinton has already made history by becoming the first woman on a major party’s presidential ticket, after securing the 2,383 delegate votes required to win the nomination over rival Democrat candidate Bernie Sanders.
The clincher would be if, at the culmination of the election contest in November, she beats Republican nominee Donald Trump to become the 45th president and first female to hold the Oval office.
At the convention, Sanders called for the party to unanimously nominate Clinton. He said: “Madam chair, I move that the convention suspend the procedural rules. I move that Hillary Clinton be elected as the nominee of the Democratic party.”
Clinton later appeared on a live video feed to thank supporters for nominating her. She said: “If there are any little girls out there who stayed up late to watch let me just say, I may be the first woman president but one of you is next.”
Her words echoed the sentiment of Michelle Obama’s powerful speech, who said: “Because of Hillary Clinton my daughters, and all our sons and daughters, now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States.”
Addressing delegates on the first evening of the Democratic national convention the First Lady of the US said: “This election, and every election, is about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four or eight years of their lives [and Hillary Clinton] is who I trust with that responsibility.
“And as my daughters prepare to set out into the world, I want a leader who is worthy of that truth, a leader who is worthy of my girls’ promise and all our kids’ promise, a leader who will be guided every day by the love and hope and impossibly big dreams that we all have for our children.”
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