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Clinton is expected to officially open her campaign later on
Sunday as her party's prohibitive front runner in the 2016
election race.
Paul repeated both longstanding criticism of her handling of a
2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya,
and of recent questions about foreign contributions to a charity
established by her and former President Bill Clinton.
"There is a history of the Clintons feeling they are above the
law," the Kentucky senator, who recently announced his
presidential bid, told CNN's "State of the Union" program.
The Clinton Foundation's acceptance of contributions from
countries like Saudi Arabia, criticized for its strict dress and
other rules that discriminate against women, "makes it difficult
for her message to appear sincere," Paul said.
"They said they were not going to take donations for the Clinton
Foundation during the period of time she was secretary of state,
and there are questions whether they did," Paul said.
Referring to what some Republicans feel was an inadequate
security response to threats against the Benghazi consulate,
Paul questioned, "would she be there for the 3 a.m. phone call?"
as commander-in-chief.
Beyond those more recent issues, Paul said that the full span of
Clinton's decades in public life, stemming back to Bill
Clinton's eight years in the White House, would be fair game in
the upcoming campaign.
On Benghazi, Clinton has defended her decision to have diplomats
in dangerous places but noted that incomplete information
increased the risk in the Libyan city in 2012.
The Clinton Foundation, best known for reducing the cost of
drugs for people with HIV in the developing world, has said
collaboration with foreign governments is essential for its
humanitarian work.
(Reporting by Howard Schneider; Editing by Frances Kerry)
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