Hillary Clinton is probably one of the most talked about women in society over the past 20 years. Ever since she first went into politics she has been praised, criticized, and a topic of controversy. Especially over the last couple years now that she has shown an interest in running for president. Hillary probably has more control over her image now than she ever has. Back in the day when she was the first lady she was the subject of mass scrutiny, as are most first ladies, as she was the first woman in the position to demonstrate a level of independence and separation from the president. She has always been very vocal and expressive about her strong opinion and beliefs about issues in the country. Now that she is running for president, her ability to shape her image is very clear. It is very easy to see that many issues that Hillary believed strongly one way about back in the 90s, she has completely changed her stance on in order to cater to a larger audience and gain more support. There are many anti Hillary campaigns on the internet where they put direct quotes from her side by side and they are pretty much exact opposite statements. Even with this level of anti Hillary propaganda and controversy that exists in society, she has still managed to covey a good image to democratic voters and gain much support. While the media does shape societies opinions about many popular figures, in todays society there are many ways in which the figures themselves can manipulate the popular media, especially now a days with the prevalence of the internet, in order to shape the opinions about them. Hillary Clinton especially has pulled on the issues of feminism and equal representation to boost her overall approval. Many Hillary Clinton supporters want to vote her into to office just based on the fact that she would be the first woman president, and Hillary knowing this uses that to her advantage even more. While the internet has allowed there to be more transparency in the lives and actions of presidential candidates and politicians in general, it is much easier for those people to manipulate the media online to push whatever agenda they are trying to on to the public. While I do not believe that people are only supporting Hillary and only want her in office because she is a woman, I do believe that he is very aware of her status and definitely uses the feminism card to gain more supporters and to boost the approval from her current supporters. The media is a very powerful tool in todays society, not only in elections but in how people are viewed by the public in general. In fairness I think Hillary Clinton would be stupid to not pull the feminism card in order to boost her support. I honestly do not think she would even be a prominent figure in the current race if she did not have so much support for being a woman.