Hillary Rodham Clinton away from the microphones

A look at Hillary Rodham Clinton in relaxed moments during her tenures as secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady.

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Aug. 5, 2012

Hillary Rodman Clinton has set a record for a secretary of state for visiting more than 100 countries. At left, Triza Lapani helps her put on a chitenje cloth, a type of traditional skirt, at a Peace Corps-run camp in Malawi.

Jacquelyn Martin / AP

Aug. 7, 2012

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds hands during a song with other officials, including South Africa's Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, right, during a gala dinner in Pretoria. A day earlier, she visited ailing independence leader Nelson Mandela in his home.

Jacquelyn Martin / AP

Aug. 7, 2012

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton laughs as South African jazz singer Judith Sephuma, left, invites her to dance to African music at a gala dinner in Pretoria, South Africa.

Jacquelyn Martin / AP

July 11, 2012

Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Laos since 1955. At left, she views an exhibition of artificial limbs, given to Laotians wounded from unexploded Vietnam War ordnance.

Brendan Smialowski / AP

April 15, 2012

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton enjoys a relaxing moment at Cafe Havana in Cartagena, Colombia. Clinton was in Cartagena to attend the Sixth Summit of the Americas.

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Dec. 1, 2011

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pours water over a Buddhist statue as she tours the Shwedegon Pagoda, a Buddhist temple founded between the 6th and 10th centuries, in Rangoon, Burma.

Saul Loeb / AP

Oct. 18, 2011

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her PDA on departure in a military C-17 plane from Malta bound for Tripoli, Libya's capital.

Kevin Lamarque / AFP/Getty Images

July 20, 2011

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets traditional Indian dancers after watching a performance at the Kalakshetra Foundation in the southern Indian city of Chennai.

Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images

Jan. 1, 2009

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y) and former president Bill Clinton dance at the start of the new year in Times Square, New York.

Seth Wenig / AP

Nov. 14, 2005

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) lays her hands in prayer on the ancient stones of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, during her visit to Jerusalem's Old City. Clinton was in Israel with her family for the 10th anniversary memorial of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

David Silverman / Getty Images

July 17, 2000

Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton bowls during a fundraiser for St. Pius V School at the Leisure Time bowling alley in New York's Port Authority bus terminal.

Beth A. Keiser / AP

March 30, 1998

President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, participate in a safari in Botswana. The president and first lady were staying near the Chobe River in northern Botswana on a three-day vacation during their six-nation African tour.

Rick Wilking / Reuters

Feb. 3, 1998

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on skis in the Swiss Alps, gets ready to make a run down the Parsenn, above Davos. She addressed a global gathering of business and government leaders.

Andy Mettler / AP

Oct.10, 1997

U.S. first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and the first lady of Panama, Dora Boyd de Perez Balladares, left, tour a women’s cooperative garden in Chica, a small village about two hours outside of Panama City . Clinton was in Panama to attend the Seventh Summit of First Ladies of the Americas.

Scott Dalton / AP

March, 29, 1997

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton wears a traditional "netsela" scarf as she talks to workers during a tour of Bana Share Woodworking Training Center in Asmara, Eritrea, a training center for female veterans of Ertitrea's 30-year war for independence against Ethiopia.

Doug Mills / AP

Aug. 12, 1996

The first family shares a laugh while watching elk graze in a meadow in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

Joe Marquette / AP

July 9, 1996

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton dances with a member of a traditional folk group during a visit to a museum in Tallinn, Estonia.

Ron Edmonds / AP

Aug. 25, 1995

President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton pose for photographers in the Grand Canyon area of Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. At far left is daughter Chelsea and her friend Rebecca Kolsky.

Doug Mills / AP

Aug. 22, 1995

Wearing a light brown hat, President Clinton sits in front of his daughter, Chelsea, and wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as their group hits some whitewater during a rafting trip down the Snake River south of Jackson, Wyo.

Doug Mills / AP

March 30, 1995

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea laugh in front of the 17th-century Taj Mahal in Agra, India, 124 miles south of New Delhi.

Ajit Kumar / AP

Feb. 24, 1995

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton skates on Rideau Canal with unidentified security agents toward the restaurant in Ottawa where she met with President Bill Clinton for lunch.

Denis Paquin / AP

Sept. 5, 1994

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, all bundled up in a warm jacket, plays golf in the cold rain with her husband, President Bill Clinton, at Mink Meadows Golf Club in West Chop, Mass., on Martha’s Vineyard.

Wilfredo Lee / AP

Aug. 31, 1994

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, daughter Chelsea and President Bill Clinton chat after a bike ride from Edgartown, Mass., to Oak Bluffs, Mass. The first family was vacationing on Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts.

Wilfredo Lee / AP

Aug. 28, 1993

President Bill Clinton lines up a shot as his daughter Chelsea and wife Hillary watch while playing miniature golf at the Island Cove Mini Golf course in Vineyard Haven, Mass.

Marcy Nighswander / AP

Aug. 24, 1993

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, is seen gesturing aboard the yacht Relemar as she joined President Bill Clinton and their daughter Chelsea for a lunch cruise with Jackie Kennedy Onassis, standing at left with scarf, and other Kennedy family members in Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard.

Marcy Nighswander / AP

Aug. 27, 1993

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts to her chip shot onto the ninth green of the Mink Meadows Golf Club in Vineyard Haven, Mass.

Greg Gibson / AP

Nov. 1, 1992

Tipper Gore, left, and Hillary Rodham Clinton laugh at the jokes of Democratic vice presidential candidate Al Gore during a "Get Out the Vote" rally at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, N.J.

J. Scott Applewhite / AP

Oct. 26, 1992

Hillary Rodham Clinton sits on the lap of her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton, left, as she jokes with vice presidential candidate Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, during a brief rest on their bus in Durham, N.C.

Stephan Savoia / AP

April 1991

Peter J. Madonia, 38, left, watches as Hillary Rodham Clinton removes bread from an oven at his bakery in the Bronx during a campaign stop.

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