Hillary Clinton left the State Department with a sky-high approval rating. A little over a year later, and that has changed significantly.
Only 14 percent of voters say Clinton's tenure as secretary of state was "excellent," according to a new Politico poll. Meanwhile, one-third describe it as "poor" and another 21 percent say it was merely "fair."
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