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# Hillary Clinton's New 404 Error Page Makes Fun of Her Subway Fail

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## Olivia B. Waxman


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Apr 12, 2016 3:44 PM UTC

Mistyped links to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign website now redirect web users to a GIF of the Democrat [trying to get her MetroCard](http://time.com/4285452/hillary-clinton-new-york-subay-metrocard-turnstile/) to work so she can go through a subway turnstile in the Bronx last Thursday.

The campaign is making light of the critics who say that, as the former U.S. Senator from New York, she should have been able to swipe it correctly on the first try.

At one point last year, her campaign’s 404 page featured a family photo of Bill, Hillary, and a young Chelsea wearing Donald Duck hats and posing with someone dressed as the Disney character. See her 404 pages and other creative ones in TIME.com’s round-up of [the funniest error pages below](http://time.com/3860627/404-error-page-fails-best-funniest/).

### Here Are the Funniest Error Pages on the Web

![<span style="font-size:medium;"><strong>Hillary Clinton</strong></span>
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Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton

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Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders

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Rick Santorum Rick Santorum


![<span style="font-size:medium;"><strong>Google</strong></span>
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Google Google

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imgur imgur

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Flickr Flickr


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Spotify Spotify

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Godaddy GoDaddy

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Snapchat Snapchat


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Vox Vox

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Reddit Reddit

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4chan 4chan


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Mashable Mashable

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Blizzard Blizzard

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Someecards Someecards


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Ask.com Ask.com

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Healthcare.gov Healthcare.gov

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Funny Or Die Funny or Die


![<span style="font-size:medium;"><strong>GOP</strong></span>
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GOP GOP

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Democratic National Committee Democratic National Committee

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Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton


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The Week The Week

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The New Yorker The New Yorker

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Independent Journal Review Independent Journal Review


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U-T San Diego U-T San Diego

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Daily News New York Daily News

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Huffington Post The Huffington Post


![<span style="font-size:medium;"><strong>Lego</strong></span>
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Lego LEGO

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