The Ideas Weren’t the Freshest, But the Democratic Debate Was a Clear Win for Hillary Clinton
In the world of politics before Donald Trump came to save us from rational discourse, most debates were stately, inconclusive affairs. Oh, there would be an occasional zinger or oops moment. There were campaigns that died or came to life on the stage, but for the most part debates, especially in the preprimary months, ratified what already was. This was especially true in years when there was a political consensus among the candidates, as there was in the first Democratic debate of the 2016 cycle. It was an engaging debate, and a serious one, but no barns were burned, moderators insulted, hair sprayed stiff or set on fire. Hillary Clinton won, but not by default.
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Hillary Clinton’s candidacy-without-a-campaign is the cover story of TIME this week. See LIFE’s photos of young Hillary from her Wellesley days in 1969.
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Presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined Instagram on June 10, 2015, posting this photograph.
Clinton is the latest politician to join the image-sharing service.
“Photography is so much more an important aspect of the ongoing campaign [than it used to be],” Barbara Kinney, Clinton’s official campaign photographer, told TIME LightBox in April.
“It’s not an afterthought this time around because of social media. Today, they have all of these outlets from Facebook to Twitter and Instagram. And the speed has definitely increased.”
Photograph by @hillaryclinton.
Hillary should announce Kevin [Hart] as her running mate and be done with it
