--- title: Hillary Clinton: Comments about Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders description: Here's what Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton said about Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in an interview with CNN on Thursday canonical: https://time.com/4342567/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-not-qualified-interview-transcript/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-19T22:39:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:42:18.744Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Clinton's Interview Calling Trump 'Not Qualified' og:description: "I think it adds up to a very troubling picture" og:url: https://time.com/4342567/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-not-qualified-interview-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4e6e60db0403faa/6988940d3c163956b245d56d/hillary-clinton-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clintion Campaign In Kentucky One Day Before State Primary og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Clinton's Interview Calling Trump 'Not Qualified' twitter:description: "I think it adds up to a very troubling picture" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4e6e60db0403faa/6988940d3c163956b245d56d/hillary-clinton-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Hillary Clinton's Interview Calling Donald Trump 'Not Qualified'  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 19, 2016 10:39 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton looks out over the crowd during a campaign rally on May 16, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton looks out over the crowd during a campaign rally on May 16, in Bowling Green, Kentucky.John Sommers II/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 19, 2016 10:39 PM UTC Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton said Thursday that she thinks presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, whom she described as “divisive and dangerous,” is [not qualified to be president](http://time.com/4342332/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-not-qualified-president/?xid=homepage). She also commented on the ongoing Democratic primary race and said she is confident the party will unite ahead of the general. “I will be the nominee for my party,” she said. “That is already done in effect. There is no way that I won’t be.” Here are the full remarks from Clinton’s [interview with CNN anchor Chris Cuomo](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/hillary-clinton-on-egyptair-shines-a-very-bright-light-on-threat-of-terror/): --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4342567/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-not-qualified-interview-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4342567/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-not-qualified-interview-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Hillary Clinton's Interview Calling Donald Trump 'Not Qualified'","datePublished":"2016-05-19T22:39:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:42:18.744Z","description":"\"I think it adds up to a very troubling picture\"","url":"https://time.com/4342567/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-not-qualified-interview-transcript/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4e6e60db0403faa/6988940d3c163956b245d56d/hillary-clinton-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4e6e60db0403faa/6988940d3c163956b245d56d/hillary-clinton-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clintion Campaign In Kentucky One Day Before State Primary","caption":"Hillary Clintion Campaign In Kentucky One Day Before State Primary","creditText":"John Sommers II/Getty Images","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":"https://time.com/4342567/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-not-qualified-interview-transcript/","name":"Read Hillary Clinton's Interview Calling Donald Trump 'Not Qualified'"}}]}] ```