US Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined on Monday her plan to withdraw troops from Iraq and renew her criticism on President George W. Bush administration's war policy in Iraq.

To mark the 5th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq on March 20, the New York senator vowed in a speech to an audience at the George Washington University that she would exercise the leadership needed to end the war in Iraq.

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton talks with a member of the audience after delivering a campaign speech on the war in Iraq at George Washington University in Washington, March 17, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)