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original act allowed for. She has voted and argued in favour of the retention of habeas corpus . However, in other areas she has been less clear, arguing in favour of making it illegal to desecrate the American flag, while opposing a constitutional amendment do so.
     
    When it comes to democracy, Clinton's actions, for example, regarding large donations, have occasionally been at odds with her rhetoric. She is one of the best-funded candidates in American history, yet supports introducing state funding for presidential candidates in place of large donations. As with many of her stances, depending on your personal level of sympathy for her, this may be either cynical hypocrisy or cynical realpolitik.
     
    Hillary's politics have always been driven by a belief in liberal values and a dedication to reform rather than revolution. This may be rooted in her early Republicanism and conservatism. While at Wellesley College, her fellow students advocated for far-reaching political change, while she adopted a gradualist, consensus-building approach. Her greatest achievements have been in line with this latter way of doing things. Critics that note her lack of headline achievements as Secretary of State therefore miss the point: She pointed in the right directions, allowing her successors to take steps that would have been impossible without her earlier intervention.
     
    Like Obama, Clinton is far more popular overseas than at home. Many commentators at the time of Obama's first election noted that if the election were held internationally, Obama would have won by a colossal landslide. The same seems likely for his successor as Democratic candidate: The left-of-centre British newspaper, The Guardian ran two days of headlines when Clinton officially announced her candidacy, despite the fact that the UK itself is just weeks away from a General Election of its own. Like Obama, the reason for this international support may well have as much to do with the symbolism of a historically discriminated-against group finally having a representative in the Oval Office.
     
    Clinton seems wise to this symbolism. Her biography on her official Twitter feed reads: 'Wife, mom, grandma, women+kids advocate, FLOTUS, Senator, SecState, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, 2016 presidential candidate. Tweets from Hillary signed –H', reminding everyone of her down-home femininity while gently poking fun at the focus women's appearance receives the moment they step into the public eye (do any of her rivals have jokes about their hair or clothes on their Twitter profile?).
     
    The focus on her family connections may also appeal to more conservative voters, particularly to the USA's large Latin American population who, while mainly Democratic-voting, have an attitude to religion and family more normally associated with the American right. Unsurprisingly, hillaryclinton.com prominently displays the option to read the site 'En Español', showing a relaxed attitude to the fact of an increasingly bilingual America.
     
    Her personal website at hillaryclinton.com is now completely dedicated to her presidential run, with a biography full of facts clearly handpicked to shore up her appeal: Her father is presented as a 'rock-ribbed Republican, a pay-as-you-go kind of guy', for example. Unsurprisingly, Hillary’s own youthful Republicanism, perhaps inevitably, receives no mention. However, there are early and welcome commitments to fight for women's rights and LGBT rights, showing that she's willing to take on, not just placate, her conservative and Republican opponents, whose conception of 'freedom' extends as far as their weapons and wallets – but rarely any further. This kind of narrative paints with a broad brush, turning deeply-held political positions with intellectual roots into simplistic, unfortunate, 'just-so' stories.
     
    Does Hillary support social justice for all Americans of any race, and target her appeal to the American middle classes because of a