--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3705 og:image:height: 2084 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clinton's 'Hunting the Chinese' Remarks Sets Off Twitter > Sponsored content. 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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"}}]}] ```