The former First Lady, who had earlier declared herself the strongest candidate, gave Obama an unqualified endorsement and pivoted from her role as determined foe to absolute ally.
`The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama, the next President of the United States,` she said in a speech before cheering supporters packed into the ornate National Building Museum, not far from the White House she longed to govern from.
Image: In this January 5, 2008, file photo Democratic presidential hopeful Hilary Rodham clinton shakes hands with Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, as other Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls mix on stage during a break in the televised presidential debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.
