--- title: Democratic Debate: Hillary Clinton Literally Hunting Chinese description: Hillary Clinton set off a meme frenzy when she remarked that "literally, President Obama and I were hunting for the Chinese." canonical: https://time.com/4072674/hillary-clinton-hunting-chinese/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-14T03:20:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T00:33:26.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clinton's 'Hunting the Chinese' Remarks Sets Off Twitter og:description: Users took no mercy on a verbal misstep by the former Secretary of State. og:url: https://time.com/4072674/hillary-clinton-hunting-chinese/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte171623f1b142978/69886831f887dc3168e92d85/04976825.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US Democratic Presidential debate at Wynn Las Vegas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clinton's 'Hunting the Chinese' Remarks Sets Off Twitter twitter:description: Users took no mercy on a verbal misstep by the former Secretary of State. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte171623f1b142978/69886831f887dc3168e92d85/04976825.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clinton's 'Hunting the Chinese' Remarks Sets Off Twitter by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) and [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) Updated: Dec 14, 2023 12:33 AM UTCPublished: Oct 14, 2015 3:20 AM UTC  Hillary Clinton speaks during the US Democratic Presidential candidates debate at Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Oct. 13, 2015. Hillary Clinton speaks during the US Democratic Presidential candidates debate at Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Oct. 13, 2015.Josh Haner—The New York Times/EPA by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) and [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) Updated: Dec 14, 2023 12:33 AM UTCPublished: Oct 14, 2015 3:20 AM UTC Hillary Clinton sent the Internet into a meme frenzy during Tuesday’s Democratic debate when she remarked that “literally, President Obama and I were hunting for the Chinese” during an international meeting. > [](https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/654125657971142656) The former Secretary of State was defending her record on climate change when she began describing a time when she and the President [crashed a secret meeting](http://www.firstpost.com/world/how-obama-clinton-crashed-a-secret-meet-between-china-india-1565611.html) between leaders from China, India and other nations. Twitter users had a field day, making memes instantly. Here are a few: > [](https://twitter.com/isaknanderson/status/654125484255674368) > [](https://twitter.com/paytonlstringer/status/654125345180815360) > [](https://twitter.com/feliciaphil/status/654125183494569984) > [](https://twitter.com/USFGrace/status/654125049474076672) > [](https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/654125163777167360) > [](https://twitter.com/No%5FLeg%5FRoom/status/654125658671579136) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4072674/hillary-clinton-hunting-chinese/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4072674/hillary-clinton-hunting-chinese/"},"headline":"Clinton's 'Hunting the Chinese' Remarks Sets Off Twitter","datePublished":"2015-10-14T03:20:32.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T00:33:26.000Z","description":"Twitter users took no mercy on a gaffe by the former Secretary of State.","url":"https://time.com/4072674/hillary-clinton-hunting-chinese/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","climate","Election 2016"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte171623f1b142978/69886831f887dc3168e92d85/04976825.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte171623f1b142978/69886831f887dc3168e92d85/04976825.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Democratic Presidential debate at Wynn Las Vegas","caption":"US Democratic Presidential debate at Wynn Las Vegas","creditText":"Josh Haner—The New York Times/EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4072674/hillary-clinton-hunting-chinese/","name":"Clinton's 'Hunting the Chinese' Remarks Sets Off Twitter"}}]}] ```