When her husband was elected to the presidency in 1992, she was the most overtly political First Lady ever. Just as her husband was the first President from the Baby Boom generation, she was its first First Lady. President Clinton appointed her to a task force to devise reforms to America's health system. The controversial commission produced a complicated plan which never came to the floor of either house. It was abandoned in September, 1994. Numerous critics felt that she had too much influence on policy, especially during the health care task force.
Clinton won many admirers for her staunch support for women around the world and her commitment to children's issues. She continued to be a leading advocate for expanding health insurance coverage, ensuring children are properly immunized, and raising public awareness of health issues. She worked on lesser but noteworthy projects like the CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program) and breast cancer research funding.
Like her husband, she was investigated for numerous alleged scandals; in every case, the investigations led to no criminal charges. She was criticized as allegedly interfering with the initial investigation of the death of Vince Foster. On January 26, 1996, she testified before a grand jury concerning the Whitewater scandal. During the Lewinsky scandal, Mrs. Clinton publicly stuck by the President, initially claiming that the allegations were the result of a "vast right-wing conspiracy", and remaining by his side after the affair was confirmed.
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