Hillary Clinton, Feminist Role Model?

I am so tired of hearing about Hillary Clinton as some advocate for women's rights and the advancement for women in politics. In fact i only see her as stereotypical hypocrite who did not consider setting a good example for her daughter, let alone thousands of women in the world, to no longer leech off of men for social advancement and instead rely on their own achievements and capabilities.

First and foremost, Hillary Clinton let her husband walk all over her and humiliate her in front of the world and instead of proving that women no longer have to rely on matrimonial ties to have a place in the political world, she stands next to him and instead the two make a mockery of marriage and gender relations in front of the world.

Had Hillary proved that she was a new and improved woman by breaking the old fashioned ideas about the subordinate and dependent married woman and standing on her own two feet she would have been a more respected woman by other women in the world. Just because she is a woman running for president does not mean she is the right woman to run. I admit it's a shame this country has not yet eleceted a female president; however, Hillary Clinton is the absolute worst woman for the job and in no way deserves the priveledge of being the first woman elected president in the U.S.

She also used her husband's presidential position to promote herself and encompass her own power but how is that really power when she needed to use a man to achieve it? These actions make her no different from any other woman dependent on a man to step on her own pedestal. My problem really lies with these two things. I know many women who had no choice to rely on marriage and stayed in relationships where they were physically abused, mistretated and taken for granted as well as cheated on. However these women stayed in these realtionships because they were entirely dependent on their husbands financially but women no longer have to put up with relationships like that...so why should the woman who runs this country represent old gender relations that kept women in a subordinate position?

I want my first female president to work just as hard as any other man, not use her spouse as a means to get her achievements. I want my first woman president to be a role model for the future women of america, relying on her own intelligence and talents. I want the first woman who runs my country to make me feel proud to be an independent woman because she is and because she has proven to the world that women are strong and independent that they don't need to rely on the opinions and approval of men or continue to stand next to a husband who showed the world that he feels no need to respect her as his wife and equal, so how can the rest of the world?

As our current Secretary of State I hope she continues on working on the feminist projects she has started; however, I find it very difficult to respect her as a woman and see her as a feminist despite her working on improving the current situation for tomorrow's women.