4th Annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Year in Review: Installment V May 2012

Secretary Clinton began and ended May on foreign travel. May second through fourth found her in China accompanied by Treasury Secretary Geithner.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, center, enters a dinner with State Councilo rDai Bingguo, left, in Beijing, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Shannon Stapleton, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks at Chinese President Hu Jintao smile during the opening ceremony of the U.S.- China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Shannon Stapleton, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) looks on as China's President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 4, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

She spent the seventh and eighth in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina (C), U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Bangladesh Foreign Minster Dipu Moni (R) pose for a photo after signin an agreement in Dhaka on May 5, 2012. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived May 5 for a difficult mission in Bangladesh where violence and a crackdown on the opposition threaten new instability. Clinton, coming from a row in China over a Chinese dissident, was set to sign a new partnership agreement with the impoverished South Asian nation. AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/GettyImages)

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) with Grameen Bank founder and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus pose in Dhaka on May 6, 2012. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton threw her support May 6 behind microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus on a visit to Bangladesh, calling the embattled Nobel laureate a global inspiration. AFP PHOTO/ STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/GettyImages)

Then she visited India for what would be her final official stop there as Secretary of State.

Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shake hands before their meeting in New Delhi May 7, 2012. Clinton leaned harder on India on Monday to deepen cuts of Iranian oil imports, saying Washington may not make a decision on whether to exempt New Delhi from financial sanctions for another two months. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) looks on with India's West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Writers' Building, which houses the state secretariat, in Kolkata on May 7, 2012. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged India May 7 to further cut its imports of Iranian oil, saying New Delhi should use its growing clout to help isolate the Islamic republic. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR (Photo credit should read DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/GettyImages)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) shakes hands with India's Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna before a news conference in New Delhi on May 8, 2012. Clinton has been pressing India to buy less from Iran as a way to pressure the Islamic regime over its contested nuclear programme. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wraps up a tour of Asia dominated by thorny disputes, as she sees signs of progress in working through problems with emerging powers China and India. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/GettyImages)

Back in D.C. on the ninth, she continued her at-home duties with bilaterals, addresses, and meetings.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 09: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, walk up to speak o the media before a meeting at the State Department, on May 9, 2012 in Washington, DC. Secretary Clinton and the Crown Prince participated in a bilateral meeting on reginal issues.
(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

On the 10th she was in New York City to receive another award.

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 10: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) holds up the New York Women's Foundation Century Award with Abigail Disney (R) during The New York Women's Foundation 2012 Celebrating Women Breakfast on May 10, 2012 in New York City. Secretary Clinton delivered the keynote address at the New York Women's Foundation Celebrating Women Breakfast and was honored with their 2012 Century Award. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

In D.C. from the 16th.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak face reporters before their meeting at the State Department in Washington May 17, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

French President Francois Hollande, accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius leave the White House in Washington, Friday, May, 18. 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

Then to Chicago for the G8.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security, Friday, May 18, 2012, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

She took Catherine Ashton and others to a Cubs game and sang during the seventh inning stretch. (Yes, she did!)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) talks to NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow before a Foreign Ministers meeting with Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro and Macedonia at the NATO Summit in Chicago, May 21, 2012. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

In D.C. on the 23rd she, Joint Chiefs Chair Dempsey, and Defense Secretary Panetta testified on the Hill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C), U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (R), and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey (L) wait to testify at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington May 23, 2012.
REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

Posing with her successor when only he, she, and I thought he would be her successor.

US Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) stands alongside US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta prior to testifying before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Law of the Sea Convention, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 23, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

Releasing the 2011 Human Rights Report and causing a stir because ever since she has been SOS she has insisted the U.S. be included in the report.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, May 24, 2012, to discuss the State Department's annual report on human rights. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Back home in Chappaqua she marched in the Memorial Day parade which she never misses.

By the 31st she was on the water in Copenhagen starting off another foreign trip.

Denmark's Foreign Minister Villy Sovndal (L) speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as they take a boat tour down a canal through central Copenhagen May 31, 2012. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool (DENMARK - Tags: POLITICS)

Here is the archive for May 2012.