Hillary Clinton gets wacky in swearing-in ceremony

WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton has attempted to demonstrate the lighter side of her character by wearing a pair of wing-tipped purple and green sunglasses at an official ceremony.

Calling them her “piece de resistance” the US secretary of state donned the flamboyant sunglasses, together with a purple bead necklace at a ceremony to swear in her assistant secretary for public affairs, Michael Hammer.

Addressing an audience of Mr Hammer’s friends, family and colleagues, Clinton explained that the day was not only about Hammer but purple too-her favourite colour.

Turning to Hammer’s wife and daughters, she said that because they were dressed in purple, she should also be “appropriately attired”.

In April, Clinton gave her approval to a satirical internet spoof about her that went viral. The ‘Texts from Hillary’ site allowed people to post captioned photos of possible conversations between the former first lady and other politicians and celebrities. Clinton asked her staff to contact its creators in order to submit a post themselves.