Activities of Hillary Clinton subsequent to 2016
activities of American politician
Following her 2016 U.S. presidential election loss, Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and Democratic nominee, remained active in politics, writing, and advocacy. She published What Happened (2017), a memoir detailing her campaign and election defeat, and later co-authored The Book of Gutsy Women (2019) and the political thriller State of Terror (2021).
Clinton continued to engage in Democratic Party politics, endorsing candidates and commenting on national and international issues. She launched Onward Together, a political action organization supporting progressive groups, and remained involved in initiatives related to women's rights, democracy, and foreign policy.
In 2023, she joined Columbia University as a professor in the School of International and Public Affairs.
Writing career
Books
Clinton's third memoir, What Happened, an account of her loss in the 2016 election, was released on September 12, 2017. A book tour and a series of interviews and personal appearances were arranged for the launch. What Happened sold 300,000 copies in its first week, fewer than her 2003 memoir, Living History, but triple the first-week sales of her previous memoir, 2014's Hard Choices. Simon & Schuster announced that What Happened had sold more e-books in its first-week than any nonfiction e-book since 2010. As of December 10, 2017, the book had sold 448,947 hardcover copies.
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