--- description: Hillary Clinton explains how she handles men like Donald Trump on CNN State of the Union with Jake Tapper ahead of the Indiana primary. title: Hillary Clinton Says She Knows How to Deal With Men Like Donald Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a96dd7aa3fd2695/698891505f570fe372b20b67/campaign-gender-polit_waxm.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 * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hillary Clinton Says She Knows How to Deal With Men Like Donald Trump  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 1, 2016 2:24 PM CUT  FILE - In this April 26, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks. After toying with gender politics off and on during the campaign, Donald Trump is all in on a mission to undercut Hillary Clinton’s credentials by syncing up his say-anything campaign strategy with his alpha-male persona. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - In this April 26, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks. After toying with gender politics off and on during the campaign, Donald Trump is all in on a mission to undercut Hillary Clinton’s credentials by syncing up his say-anything campaign strategy with his alpha-male persona. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)Matt Rourke—AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 1, 2016 2:24 PM CUT Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Sunday that she is prepared to take on real estate mogul Donald Trump in the general election based on her experience serving as Secretary of State and as a former U.S. Senator from New York. When CNN’s Jake Tapper asked whether the way Republicans have dealt with the combative billionaire has informed how she would campaign against him if they both won their parties’ nominations, Clinton said: “I have a lot of experience dealing with men who sometimes get off the reservation in the way they behave and how they speak. I’m not going to deal with their temper tantrums or their bullying or their efforts to try and provoke me.” “He can say whatever he wants to say about me,” Clinton added. “I could really care less…We’re going to talk about what we’re going to do for the country, and he can continue on his insult-fest. That’s the choice he’s making.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4313593/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-gender/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4313593/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-gender/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Says She Knows How to Deal With Men Like Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-05-01T14:24:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:10:22.227Z","description":"Men who are \"off the reservation,\" as she put it","url":"https://time.com/4313593/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-gender/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Election 2016"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a96dd7aa3fd2695/698891505f570fe372b20b67/campaign-gender-polit_waxm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a96dd7aa3fd2695/698891505f570fe372b20b67/campaign-gender-polit_waxm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton","caption":"Hillary Clinton","creditText":"Matt Rourke—AP","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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4313593/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-gender/","name":"Hillary Clinton Says She Knows How to Deal With Men Like Donald Trump"}}]}] ```