Hillary Clinton returns to the White House for arts celebration
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Hillary Clinton returns to the White House for arts celebration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returns to the White House on Tuesday to speak at an arts event in what will be her first public appearance at the U.S. presidential residence and workplace since her 2016 election loss to Donald Trump.
Clinton will attend an event with first lady Jill Biden to celebrate Praemium Imperiale Laureates, recipients of a global arts prize by the Japan Art Association for lifetime achievement in the arts.
A former senator and first lady, Clinton, a Democrat, was the first woman to be a major U.S. political party's presidential nominee. Prior to that she served as the top U.S. diplomat under President Barack Obama.
Recipients of the arts award were first celebrated at the White House by President Bill Clinton and the then first lady in 1994.
Though she spent plenty of time at the White House during the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton did not return during Republican Trump's four years in office.
With President Joe Biden in the White House since 2021, Clinton has been back, but not to give public remarks. She was on the guest list for a dinner to celebrate then outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel early in Biden's tenure.
Clinton has been a vocal supporter of Biden and a critic of Trump, her former rival. Even when Biden and his aides avoided commenting about Trump's legal troubles, Clinton has weighed in.
