Nairobi/Kinshasa, Aug 11 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton showed her claws in the Congolese capital Kinshasa after a student asked her for her husband's opinion.

Former US president Bill Clinton up-staged his wife last week when he secured the release of two US journalists from North Korea as she embarked on a seven-nation African tour.

Secretary Clinton is normally adept at keeping her cool, but she lost her temper at a public forum Monday night when a student asked her what her husband thought about a big Chinese trade deal with the Congolese government.

'You want me to tell you what my husband thinks?' Hillary Clinton snapped.