7 Facts You Might Not Know About Hillary Clinton

Now that we're in the thick of the 2016 presidential race, I decided to dig up a few facts on presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton that you might not know. Admittedly, despite being your typical politics nerd, I didn't know any of these myself:

According to the National Constitution Center, Hillary Clinton wasn’t interested in politics at a young age. Instead, she aspired to "become a baseball player, a journalist, and an astronaut.”

Clinton was once a Republican, even campaigning for Barry Goldwater in 1964. She switched parties in 1968 and wound up working for Democratic nominee George McGovern in 1972 and Jimmy Carter in 1976.

In 1974, Clinton became a member of the presidential impeachment inquiry staff during the Watergate scandal. President Richard Nixon resigned later that year.

Clinton is the first presidential spouse to earn a postgraduate degree and the first to be elected to national office.

Hillary was the first presidential spouse to be subpoenaed. She and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, have been the only first couple to be fingerprinted by the FBI.

Clinton has taught at the University of Arkansas Law School.

Hillary won a Grammy in 1997 for Best Spoken Word Album for the audio version of her book “It Takes a Village.”

Did you already know any of these facts about the former first lady and secretary of state? Any other little-known facts you can add to the list?

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