title: Unable to run AWS CLI: ImportError: cannot import name 'HTTPClientError'
body: <p>I recently tried to install some Python Packages (Superset, Bonobo amongst others) after which my AWS cli stopped working with the below issue: </p>
  
  <pre><code>user@ubuntu-machine:~$ aws --version
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/home/user/.local/bin/aws", line 27, in &lt;module&gt;
      sys.exit(main())
    File "/home/user/.local/bin/aws", line 23, in main
      return awscli.clidriver.main()
    File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/awscli/clidriver.py", line 58, in main
      driver = create_clidriver()
    File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/awscli/clidriver.py", line 68, in create_clidriver
      event_hooks=session.get_component('event_emitter'))
    File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/awscli/plugin.py", line 44, in load_plugins
      modules = _import_plugins(plugin_mapping)
    File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/awscli/plugin.py", line 61, in _import_plugins
      module = __import__(path, fromlist=[module])
    File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/awscli/handlers.py", line 20, in &lt;module&gt;
      from awscli.paramfile import register_uri_param_handler
    File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/awscli/paramfile.py", line 18, in &lt;module&gt;
      from botocore.httpsession import URLLib3Session
    File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/botocore/httpsession.py", line 24, in &lt;module&gt;
      from botocore.exceptions import (
  ImportError: cannot import name 'HTTPClientError'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Inorder to restore it I've tried un-installing all packages mentioned in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11248073/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-remove-all-packages-installed-by-pip">What is the easiest way to remove all packages installed by pip?</a>, and only reinstalled awscli. Still I run into the same issue.</p>