US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was berated by chants of "Monica, Monica" by tomato-throwing demonstrators as she visited the Egyptian port city of Alexandria

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was berated by chants of "Monica, Monica" by tomato-throwing demonstrators as she visited the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on Sunday.

The chants were heard outside the US consulate as she visited for its reopening. It referred to the Monica Lewinsky scandal when her husband, Bill Clinton, was president.

An embarrassed Egyptian security official said they were chanting "Monica, Monica" and "Irhal, Clinton" (Get out, Clinton.)

Tomatoes, shoes and a water bottle were thrown at part of Clinton's motorcade as it pulled up, protected by riot police, although a US official said Clinton's own vehicle was not hit.