--- description: Based on video of them talking about each other. title: Watch a Virtual Debate Between Clinton and Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4237e92c3cf6c107/69888d318e060157dd4653ee/clintontrump_brightcove.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Debates](/tag/debates/) ## Debates Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Virtual Debate Between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump  by [Anne Most](/author/anne-most/)  ## Anne Most Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2016 5:14 PM CUT  Photo illustration of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Photo illustration of Donald Trump and Hillary ClintonAnne Most/TIME  by [Anne Most](/author/anne-most/)  ## Anne Most Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2016 5:14 PM CUT Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are already facing off against each other. The respective front-runners for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations are increasingly focusing their rhetoric on each other on the campaign trail, in interviews and at debates. But what will happen if the two really face off against each other? To find out, TIME pulled clips of them talking about each other and on some key general election topics and spliced them together into this virtual debate. If you can’t wait for the general election debates this fall, check out this video. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4278073/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-debate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4278073/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-debate/"},"headline":"Watch a Virtual Debate Between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-03-31T17:14:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:22:48.151Z","description":"Based on video of them talking about each other.","url":"https://time.com/4278073/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-debate/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4237e92c3cf6c107/69888d318e060157dd4653ee/clintontrump_brightcove.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Anne Most","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/anne-most/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4237e92c3cf6c107/69888d318e060157dd4653ee/clintontrump_brightcove.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Photo illustration of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton","caption":"Photo illustration of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton","creditText":"Anne Most/TIME","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/4278073/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-debate/","name":"Watch a Virtual Debate Between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump"}}]}] ```