Hillary defends Clinton Foundation against 'Republican attacks'

Hillary Clinton has dismissed swirling questions about her family foundation as little more than political attacks from Republicans eager to gain an early advantage in the 2016 US presidential contest.

Mrs Clinton, campaigning for the Democratic nomination in the liberal bastion of Keene, New Hampshire, hit back against accusations that foreign governments that made donations to the Clintons' charity received preferential treatment from the State Department while she served in Barack Obama's administration.