Hillary Clinton's file

Democrat from New York

Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.

The PolitiFact scorecard

True 72 (24%) (72%)
Mostly True 76 (25%) (76)
Half True 69 (23%) (69)
Mostly False 41 (14%) (41)
False 31 (10%) (31)
Pants on Fire 8 (3%)(8)

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Recent statements by and about Hillary Clinton

Voter suppression claim still doesn't ring true

Hillary Clinton

In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect, "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors.

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, March 6th, 2019

Clinton misstates key part of mass shooting definition

Hillary Clinton

"There have been more than 270 mass shootings in the United States in the last year alone. That’s where four or more are killed."

— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, October 10th, 2017

Doesn't apply to this case

Hillary Clinton

"The crowd (in Las Vegas) fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer ..."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 4th, 2017

Methodology of report she cites panned

Hillary Clinton

"The best estimate is that 200,000 people in Wisconsin were either denied or chilled in their efforts to vote" in the 2016 presidential election.

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, June 9th, 2017

Through tweaks to tax system

Hillary Clinton

Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "51 percent of single parents would see their taxes go up."

— PolitiFact National on Sunday, November 6th, 2016

Recent stories featuring Hillary Clinton

Thinking small: Why Bernie Sanders and other 2020 candidates seek low-dollar campaign contributions

One reason: Small donors can give more often.

How pundits defended Trump's ABC interview, and why it's misleading

President Donald Trump told ABC's George Stephanopoulos he would accept dirt on his 2020 opponent from a foreign power and might not tell the FBI that he’s done so. Conservative pundits said Hillary Clinton did the same thing with the Steele dossier. We check it out.

In context: Sean Hannity’s conflicting remarks on jailing political opponents

After Fox News host Sean Hannity criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comments on putting President Donald Trump in jail, some people said he was guilty of a double standard. PolitiFact looked back at Hannity's past suggestions that Hillary Clinton be put behind bars.

An honest question: Where does truthfulness rank as Democrats select a 2020 candidate?

How important is honesty and trustworthiness as Democrats select a 2020 candidate to support? And has this quality lost value in this ‘post-truth’ era? PolitiFact California asked polling experts and delegates at the California Democratic Party Convention to weigh in.

PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for April 2019

Readers of PolitiFact Wisconsin were intrigued by fact-checks on former presidential contender Hillary Clinton, State Sen. LaTonya Johnson, Assembly Republicans and more.