Democratic Party Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton looks set to become the next President of the USA. But experts say it is early in the election campaign. The 2008 White House Race still has quite a distance to go.

Growing up – Hillary was a Student Leader

Hillary Diane Rodham, first child of Dorothy and Hugh Rodham, was born on October 26, 1947. Two brothers, Hugh and Tony, soon followed. The children were raised in a middle-class family in Park Ridge, Illinois.

The life that Hugh and Dorothy created for Hillary and her two brothers was a classic 1950s middle-class suburban childhood. Faith was central to the family. Hillary Rodham loved sports and church, was a member of the National Honor Society and a student leader.