--- description: The GOP has been sending someone dressed in a squirrel costume to the likely presidential contender's book tour events title: Hillary Clinton Confronts Her Squirrel Stalker image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hillary Clinton Confronts Her Squirrel Stalker  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 12:28 AM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 12:28 AM CUT While out on the campaign tra-….er, book tour Tuesday, Hillary Clinton took a moment to say hello to her most devoted groupie: a Republican squirrel. The Republican National Committee has been sending an RNC staffer (or staffers rotating shifts) to follow Clinton around on her book tour wearing a [squirrel costume](http://time.com/2873588/hillary-clinton-republicans-squirrel/ "undefined") and a shirt that says, “Another Clinton in the White House is Nuts.” The “HRC Squirrel” even has its own [Twitter](https://twitter.com/HRCSquirrel/status/479040045400481792 "undefined") account. On Tuesday, Clinton hopped out of her transport for a moment to deliver a copy of her book, _Hard Choices_, to the squirrel, which had been on her heels since last Friday. > [](https://twitter.com/HRCSquirrel/status/479040045400481792) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2892094/hillary-clinton-confronts-her-squirrel-stalker/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2892094/hillary-clinton-confronts-her-squirrel-stalker/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Confronts Her Squirrel Stalker","datePublished":"2014-06-18T00:28:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:28:29.496Z","description":"The GOP has been sending someone dressed in a squirrel costume to the likely presidential contender's book tour events","url":"https://time.com/2892094/hillary-clinton-confronts-her-squirrel-stalker/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","2016","RNC","GOP","Bill Clinton"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2892094/hillary-clinton-confronts-her-squirrel-stalker/","name":"Hillary Clinton Confronts Her Squirrel Stalker"}}]}] ```