If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators.

Often, the disparities in the ways men and women are treated are subtle; there are not these clear barriers that you have to break down.

Religion and politics are supposed to be separate.

At the unveiling at the White House of the presidential portrait, President Bush pointed out that Hillary Clinton was the first sitting Senator in history to have her portrait hanging in the White House.

You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment.

Today's young women don't really see inequities until they go out into the real world.

People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.