Hillary Clinton’s family was "dead broke" and saddled with legal bills when she and her husband left the White House, the former first lady said at the start of a high-profile book tour that could precede a 2016 presidential campaign.

As Bill Clinton leaves town, former Reuters Washington correspondent Bette Browne examines the odds of another Clinton making it to the White House.

She made herself sound like someone going for a middle management post in a manufacturing plant, rather than the aspirant leader of the United States of America.

Barack Obama blamed fierce attacks by rival Hillary Clinton for his defeats in big Democratic primaries, and quickly made good on a promise to sharpen his criticism of her in what promised to be a drawn-out White House brawl.