6 things to know about Hillary Clinton
6 things to know about Hillary Clinton Sunday April 12 th , 2015 at 7:25 PM OnPolitics 1 Share Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the 2014 Massachusetts Conference for Women in Boston on Dec. 4, 2014. (Lisa Lake, Getty Images for Massachusetts Conference for Women) As Hillary Clinton kicks off her second presidential campaign, here’s a look at six things to know about the front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination: Reach for the stars Growing up in Park Ridge, Ill., Clinton wanted to be an astronaut (as well as a baseball player and journalist) and at 13, wrote to NASA to inquire how to go about it. NASA’s reply: No girls allowed. “I was just crestfallen,” Clinton later recalled. Hillary Rodham Clinton, junior class vice president, poses with her high school classmates in this 1964 yearbook photo. (AP) ‘Goldwater girl’ The first presidential candidate Clinton volunteered for was Republican Barry Goldwater, in 1964