Hillary Clinton Washington - Arabstoday US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's plans to return to private life have not changed as President Obama readies for a second term, an official said. On Wednesday, a day after President Barack Obama was re-elected, US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland was asked about Clinton's plans. "I don't think the secretary's plans have changed,"she said. "You've heard her say many times that she intends to see through a transition of a successor and then she will go back to private life and enjoy some rest and think and write and all those things." Asked about new foreign policy initiatives during Obama's second term, Nuland said the elections have only just ended and declined to say anything more. Hillary Clinton, a former U.S. senator and first lady, took over as the nation's top diplomat during Obama's first term. In the past, she has expressed her intention to leave the job after her four-year term ends and return to private life.