Clinton has no regrets about not making it to White House

New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) Hillary Clinton has no
regrets about not making it to the US Presidential office and
says she is "grateful" for being chosen as the Secretary of
State.

Interacting with students of the Delhi University,
Clinton said she feels lucky at having being made it to the
State Department as she never imagined that she would run for
US Presidency or become part of the administration when she
was the President of her college.

"I feel grateful for the experience that I had...I
could never otherwise think I could ever run for US
President," she said replying to a question as to whether she
thought she was deprived of the post because she was a woman.

Clinton, who had a successful career as a lawyer
before taking up politics, she said, "we have come a long way
since my mother who was born before probably even voting
rights were given to women in US and had not graduated from
college".

She said things have come a long way in her
generation. "I look at 21st century womens' role and rights as
an important issue," she said.

Clinton who met the members of an self-employed group
SEWA in Mumbai said they were the example of women
emancipation. Several womens'association from Pakistan have
approached SEWA for guiding them for their empowerment, she
said.

The wife of former US president Bill Clinton, who is
also mother to a teenaged daughter, said balancing between
family and professional life is a tough act to follow.

"I supported my husband during his pretty successful
career.. my daughter was growing... You have to take care of
family responsibility, attending to all your relationships,"
Clinton said.

Admitting that striking a balance between career and
family was a tough job, she said, "you can't drop
responsibility. It was hard".

"We certainly have many countries where women's laws
are advanced, where women are in high positions,
responsibility and influence.

"Still even in those countries, even in in my own
country these are lingering issue not yet resolved," she said.
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