The presidential race in America has reached the home stretch and the attention of millions of people is riveted on the two main contenders for the post of the main democrat of the whole world. Hillary Clinton is the top candidate for the US Democratic Party. Moreover, her name often appears in the press not only in connection with the elections, but also next to such headlines as "scandal" and "accusation".
Here are the top 5 most famous scandals related to US presidential candidate in the 2016 election - Hillary Clinton.
5. Links with leaders of regimes that violate human rights
Over the years, the Clinton Foundation has received tens of millions of dollars from countries with dire attitudes towards women, gays and religious minorities. Often these countries have pursued policies that directly conflict with the stated objectives of the Foundation, such as promoting gender equality and LGBT rights.
Prince Salman, the successor to the throne of Bahrain, is the Clinton Foundation's megadonor. In 2005, he donated $ 32 million to charity. At this time, Mrs. Clinton was Secretary of State. This coincided with the fact that the US State Department authorized the supply of weapons to Bahrain.
Such transactions took place more than once. A study by IBTimes earlier this year revealed strong links between Saudi donations to the Clinton Foundation and Hillary's own multimillion-dollar arms contracts.
4. Negligence in handling classified documents
One of the requirements for the Secretary of State is the ability to work with classified information. During her time at the State Department, Hillary not only sent and received confidential documents by email, she may have sent them straight into the hands of hackers.
Secretary of State Hillary kept e-mails containing classified information on her personal account. She used several poorly secured mail access devices and sent many private email addresses to other people. One of these addresses was hacked by hackers, possibly linked to Russia. And Clinton employees even lost a laptop full of confidential emails in archived posts.
3. Double standards
On December 3, 2015, Hillary Clinton tweeted: "Every survivor of sexual assault deserves to be heard, believed and supported." However, Hillary refuses to believe one such survivor of the rape. This is about Juanita Broaddrick, who accused Bill Clinton of raping.
Juanita failed to prove this accusation. And it is not so important whether it was or not. It is important that Broaddrick's story is as consistent as that of many other victims of the attack. And if Clinton believes that all survivors of sexual assault should be trusted by default, then Juanita must also.
2. Legal assistance to the rapist
In 1975, Hillary defended a 41-year-old factory worker accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. As a court-appointed lawyer, Hillary was required to accept the case.And she decided to do it by trampling the victim in the mud.
She said that the girl had a violent fantasy and that she craved sex with older men. The victim herself said years later that all Clinton's statements were untrue.
1. Health problems
Perhaps the loudest and most discussed scandal in rating of scandalous facts about Hillary Clinton... Although the former US Secretary of State herself assures voters of her good health, the facts show otherwise.
Due to pneumonia, Clinton became ill at an event commemorating the victims of the 9/11 attacks. She underwent a brain scan in March. And at the end of June, during a speech to reporters, Hillary's face twitched so strangely that she was suspected of epilepsy.
These are all potentially serious obstacles to becoming president, given that Mrs. Clinton is already at a very respectable age (she is 68 years old).