What made Hillary, Hillary - A profile of Clinton

A 1980 election defeat for her husband set in motion a process of endless revision, by herself and her opponents, that defined her career, writes Robert Draper.

Two weeks after Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic nomination for president, I flew to Little Rock, Arkansas, to visit Gay White.

White is the widow of Frank White, a conservative Little Rock banker who in 1980 toured all 75 counties in Arkansas in a quixotic attempt to unseat the incumbent governor, Bill Clinton. Frank had no previous experience campaigning, but proved to be an enthusiastic retail politician. Gay, then 32, accompanied him on his statewide tour of cattle auctions, parking lots and chicken-processing plants.