by Joan Collins

Created on: August 22, 2009   Last Updated: November 08, 2009

Everyone naturally assumes that Hilary Clinton is not happy in her role as Secretary of State because she did not win the Democratic Presidential Nomination, losing it to Barack Obama. While she may have hated playing second fiddle to another man, she has the political prowess of a seasoned politician. She may not have wanted this job, she is happy in knowing that it still gives her power while it keeps her in the public eye. Mrs. Clinton may have wished for another role, but she has the patience necessary to play this role out for all the power and publicity it can give her.

When she was offered the role of Secretary of State by Barack Obama, she was offered the opportunity to maintain her role as a powerful, high-profile woman with access to the world. After much consideration on her part, she accepted the post, and though she is not the first woman to hold the position, she is the most quoted and followed in the first few months of her position.

Being Secretary of State has given Mrs. Clinton a chance to return to her task of profiling women's issues on a global screen. This is a role that she adopted while she was the first lady In September, 1995; Mrs. Clinton addressed the U.N. women's conference in Beijing. She denounced abuses of women's rights and was rewarded with a standing ovation. On a recent visit to Chad, she was again addressing the issues of women's abuse, giving the women there a platform to be heard.

When you are involved in activities that directly affect women's lives and you receive the reaction from the women, you cannot help but think that she must, if not feel happy, feel a level of great satisfaction.

Mrs. Clinton has also had some public situations that may make it seem like she isn't happy, but you must decide if it is the position or the situation that caused her stress levels to rise. For example, Mrs. Clinton is constantly being overshadowed by her husband in the media and often made to look like a sidebar in their stories. Former president Clinton took a successful trip to North Korea, a country that is looking for position in the world. He successfully brings home two women via an arrangement that had been worked out before he arrived. He does a couple photo opts, boards a plane and comes home a hero. While that should have been her role, being a former president's wife changes her opportunities.

Later, Mrs. Clinton went to the Congo, misunderstood a question and reacted poorly. That response clouded everything else she did. She

• 1
• 2
• Next Page >>