The mother who posted a photograph of her chance meeting with Hillary Clinton in the woods after the Democrat's election defeat says she has been getting death threats and now wants the story to 'go away'.

Margot Gerster, 30, told the New York Post she has received death threats since the picture went viral.

When the Post contacted her she simply replied 'yes' when asked about the threats but said she didn't want to talk about it anymore.

She also told the paper: 'This story needs to go away. It got a lot of positive feedback from a lot of people, but I don’t want this to add on to this (blowback), I don’t want to fuel the fire.'

Margot Gerster (left) told the New York Post she has received death threats since the picture of her chance meeting with Hillary Clinton in the woods after the Democrat's election defeat

Gerster didn't say if she had reported the threats to police.

Police in Chappaqua, where the picture was taken, had not had a report from Gerster.

Threats may have steamed from rumors that Gerster 'faked' the encounter in an attempt to boost Clinton's public image after it emerged it was not the first time the pair had met.

But Gerster, from Westchester, New York, insisted the meeting on a Chappaqua hiking trail - the day after the shock result - was a compete coincidence.

'It was very random. In 100,000 years, I would have never expected running into Hillary Clinton in the woods,' she said.

'It was a very positive experience for me and a lot of other people. That's why I posted it.'

She confirmed she had met the politician before when her mother hosted a fundraiser in Clinton's honor at Crabtree's Kittle House in Chappaqua.

Gerster said she was aged 14 or 15 when she was pictured posing for a photo inside the restaurant, which is one of the politician's favorites.

It was this picture that prompted speculation the meeting in the woods may have been set-up.

But the mother dismissed claims she was a long-time ally of the Clintons who had orchestrated the heartwarming snap.

'If I were long-time friends of the Clintons, I wouldn't be keeping that a secret. I'd be bragging about it to everyone I know,' she said.

She confirmed she had met the politician before when her mother hosted a fundraiser in Clinton's honor at Crabtree's Kittle House in Chappaqua

The picture was taken when Gerster was out hiking with her young daughter in the upstate New York town of Chappaqua - where the Clintons have a home.

Clinton was said to have been out walking her dogs with former president Bill Clinton, when Gerster spotted them.

The former first lady was beaming from ear to ear in the picture and appeared to have had the weight of the world lifted from her shoulders.

In her caption, Gerster wrote that she was 'so heartbroken' after the Democrat's loss.

'I've been feeling so heartbroken since yesterday's election and decided what better way to relax than take my girls hiking,' Gerster wrote.

The chance encounter gained national media attention as it was the first time Clinton had been photographed after losing the election (pictured in Chappaqua on Election Day)

'So I decided to take them to one of (our) favorite places in Chappaqua. We were the only ones there and it was so beautiful and relaxing.

'As we were leaving, I heard a bit of rustling coming towards me and as I stepped into the clearing there she was, Hillary Clinton and Bill with their dogs doing exactly the same thing as I was.

'I got to hug her and talk to her and tell her that one of my most proudest moments as a mother was taking Phoebe with me to vote for her.