Even before it has officially begun, there is no doubt: this will be the most expensive, the most extravagant election campaign in US history. Barack Obama has galvanized a mass of supporters, but Hillary Clinton is still the favourite. She is also one of the most controversial figures in the American political arena. Everybody knows her name, but how many know who she really is? New York correspondent Annette Dittert spent a year with Hillary Clinton, met her personal friends and talked with her political adversaries.

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