Hillary Clinton the woman most admired by Americans: poll

US Senator Hillary Clinton has narrowly beaten global television celebrity Oprah Winfrey in an annual poll to choose the woman Americans admire most.

Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who was killed Thursday in Pakistan, made it onto the list for the first time, chosen by two percent of respondents as the woman they admire most, AFP reported.

Bhutto had returned to Pakistan in October after several years in exile to contest a parliamentary election scheduled for next month.

Other women in the top 10 were US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (five percent); actress Angelina Jolie and first lady Laura Bush, both with three percent; and former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who had the same level of support as Bhutto.