Hillary Clinton loses out to Donald Trump again

This time to be named Time magazine's person of the year

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the presidential debate (Getty)

Hillary Clinton has been placed second in Time magazine’s person of the year title.

In an echo of the election, Ms Clinton lost out on the accolade to Donald Trump who was considered as having the most influence on the news agenda, for better or worse, by Time’s editors over the past year.

Ms Clinton came second in the shortlist of eleven influential figures with Time saying as the winner of the popular vote – by 2.7 million – “she has proven that millions of American will vote for a woman”.

The magazine say Ms Clinton represents “both the tantalising possibility that a woman can be President and the obstacles that a woman candidate must overcome: complex hopes and hurdles woven into the same pantsuit.

“Whether you admire her or despise her, she has come closer to winning the presidency than any other woman in American history – twice.”

The magazine also credit her influence as paving the way for the next generation of women who now “can reasonably expect to win a debate, or a state primary, or a major party’s nomination or the popular vote”.

Mr Trump was awarded the title for “reminding America that demagoguery feeds on despair and that truth is only as powerful as the trust in those who speak it, for empowering a hidden electorate by mainstreaming its furies and live-streaming its fears and for framing tomorrow’s political culture by demolishing yesterday’s”.

Hackers were placed third, Turkey’s president Erdogan fourth, the CRISPR scientists fifth and Beyonce sixth.

The "Crazy in Love" singer was noted for “transforming the bitter politics of 2016 into the sort of lemonade Southern black women have been making for generations” in a nod to her critically-acclaimed album Lemonade which was released earlier this year.

Nigel Farage, gymnast Simone Biles and the whistleblowers of the Flint water crisis were also shortlisted this year.