An embarrassing photo from 2016 has come back to haunt Hillary Clinton

A tweet posted by Hillary Clinton has come back to haunt her, after she captioned a picture with a prediction that she would become president.

The photo, which she shared in 2016 on her birthday of 29 October, showed a young Mrs Clinton, alongside the words: ‘Happy birthday to this future president.’

Only 10 days later, she suffered a shock loss against Donald Trump in the U.S Presidential Election.

As the anniversary of the tweet approaches, the former First Lady’s detractors have been paying particular attention to the bold – and misguided – claim.

One user responded to it: “It has 2 be a special kind of narcissist to wish birthday 2 oneself from one’s twitter account 12 days before the election for Presidency.”

Another said: “False!”

After suffering the shock Presidential defeat, Mrs Clinton began writing ‘What Happened’, a book in which she offers a blow-by-blow account of her loss to Trump.

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In the candid 512-page account, she described the shock of losing the race to the White House.

She said: ‘I congratulated Trump and offered to do anything I could to make sure the transition was smooth […]

‘It was all perfectly nice and weirdly ordinary, like calling a neighbour to say you can’t make it to his barbecue. It was mercifully brief […] I was numb. It was all so shocking.’

Clinton also admits that she loves chardonnay, comfortable clothing and Texan martinis, and uses alternate nostril breathing as a way of staying calm under pressure.