Names of Hillary Clinton

Several names of Hillary Clinton (born Hillary Diane Rodham) have been used at various points during the life of this American politician, including names preferred by Hillary Clinton herself, names used for her by political opponents, and names used for her by others.
Usage in early life
Following her birth at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, Clinton was initially named "Hillary Diane Rodham", in the transcript of her Wellesley graduation speech, and in reports of the United States House of Representatives investigation into the Watergate scandal. In 1995, Hillary Clinton said her mother had named her after Sir Edmund Hillary, co-first mountaineer to scale Mount Everest, and that was the reason for the less-common "two L's" spelling of her name. However, the first successful Everest climb did not take place until 1953, more than five years after she was born. In October 2006, a Clinton spokeswoman said she was not named after the mountain climber. Instead, this account of her name's origin "was a sweet family story her mother shared to inspire greatness in her daughter, to great results I might add."
As First Lady of Arkansas
Following her marriage to Bill Clinton in 1975, she continued to be known almost exclusively as "Hillary Rodham". Bill Clinton's advisers thought her use of her maiden name to be one of the reasons for his 1980 gubernatorial re-election loss. During the following winter, Vernon Jordan suggested to Hillary Rodham that she start using the name Clinton, and she began to do so publicly with her husband's February 1982 campaign announcement to regain that office. She later wrote that "I learned the hard way that some voters in Arkansas were seriously offended by the fact that I kept my maiden name". Once he was elected again, she made a point of using "Hillary Rodham Clinton" in work she did as First Lady of the state.
As First Lady of the United States
Once she became First Lady of the United States in 1993, she publicly stated that she wanted to be known as "Hillary Rodham Clinton". She also continued authoring books under that name.
Later political career
Clinton continued to use that name on her website and elsewhere once she was a U.S. Senator. She used "Hillary Rodham Clinton" again in official materials as Secretary of State. As of November 30, 2015, both the Associated Press and the New York Times noted that they would no longer use "Rodham" in referring to Clinton, with the AP stating that "the campaign says to go with Hillary Clinton", and the New York Times providing the statement that:
Nicknames
Clinton's Secret Service codename is "Evergreen". In some media, her name has been abbreviated as "Hill", particularly when used in combination with that of her husband, as "Bill and Hill".
Political detractors have often referred to Clinton by any of a number of portmanteau names combining "Hillary" with other words having negative connotations. These include "Hitlery" (combining "Hillary" with the surname of "Adolf Hitler"); "Hildebeast" (combining "Hillary" with "Wildebeest"), "Shillary" (combining "Hillary" with "shill"); and Shrillary (combining "Hillary" with "shrill").
In some instances, particularly in email correspondence, Clinton has been referred to or has signed communications by her initials, HRC. incorporating her premarital initials, which detractor Edward Klein has interpreted as conveying duplicity regarding her marital identity.

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