Claim: Bill Clinton was President of the United States.

The 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton was announced in a YouTube video , on April 12 , 2015 . Hillary Clinton was the 67th United States Secretary of State and served during the first term of the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013 . She was previously the United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009 and is the wife of former President Bill Clinton . This campaign marked her second bid for the presidency after losing in her first attempt to Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary .   Clinton 's main competitor in the 2016 Democratic primary election was Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders . She received the most support from middle aged and older voters and from black , Latino and female voters . She focused her platform on several issues , including expanding racial and women 's rights , raising wages and ensuring equal pay for women , and improving healthcare .   The Associated Press declared Clinton the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party after she reached the required number of delegates , including both pledged delegates and superdelegates on June 6 , 2016 . Sanders endorsed Clinton 's campaign for president on July 12 . For her running mate , Clinton chose Virginia Senator Tim Kaine . Clinton and Kaine were officially nominated at the 2016 Democratic National Convention on July 26 .   Clinton conceded the 2016 presidential election to Republican Donald Trump on November 9 after media outlets declared Trump had exceeded the 270 electoral college vote threshold needed to win the election and ending the campaign .