Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton — Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, presidential candidate, and one of the most consequential figures in American political life of the last half-century.

Herbert reaches Clinton through two completely independent paths.

Via Don Jones: As a young woman, Hillary was in the youth group of Don Jones, one of Herbert's closest friends. Don served as her youth pastor and was a significant influence on her early moral and political formation.

Via Elliot Daley: Hillary is a close personal friend of Elliot and Patti Daley's daughter Shannon and her husband Sam. The Daleys have spent one-on-one time with Hillary in Washington, DC.

Cross-Connections

• Joy Anderson met Bill Clinton — the Clintons' marriage closes a loop between family and pastoral ministry
• Marian Wright Edelman — Hillary worked at the Children's Defense Fund early in her career; Marian is a three-decade working partner of the Daleys' daughter Shannon