--- title: Hillary Clinton Earned Millions from Books, Speeches in 2015 description: Hillary Clinton disclosed she earned more than $5 million in book royalties and nearly $1.5 million for paid speeches last year canonical: https://time.com/4339776/hillary-clinton-disclosure-books-speeches/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-18T11:57:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:37:43.071Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here's How Much Hillary Clinton Made from Books and Speeches og:description: The Democratic presidential candidate has released her financial disclosure form og:url: https://time.com/4339776/hillary-clinton-disclosure-books-speeches/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0afcef9c0822c395/698893b1f887dc4d55e95e7b/hillary-clintons-earnings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Clinton speaks at the Union of Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center in Louisville og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Much Hillary Clinton Made from Books and Speeches twitter:description: The Democratic presidential candidate has released her financial disclosure form twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0afcef9c0822c395/698893b1f887dc4d55e95e7b/hillary-clintons-earnings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Earned $6.5 Million from Books and Speeches in 2015 > Sponsored content. 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Aaron Bernstein—Reuters by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News May 18, 2016 11:57 AM UTC Hillary Clinton [earned more than $5 million](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/hillary-clinton-takes-swing-donald-trump-release-financials-n575916) in book royalties and nearly $1.5 million for paid speeches last year, according to a financial disclosure form released by her campaign. The release came hours after Donald Trump [boasted of filing the same form](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-financial-disclosure-largest-history-fec-n575711) with the Federal Election Commission — which was not immediately made public but which the Republican candidate said showed “tremendous cash flow.” Clinton’s team took a swing at Trump in releasing her 11-page form, saying that despite the Republican’s “boasting” the filing was “no breakthrough for transparency” but rather a “legal requirement” for presidential candidates. 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