--- title: Hillary Clinton Tweets 'Delete Your Account' to Donald Trump description: Hillary Clinton proved that she can hang with millennials, when she responded to Donald Trump's tweet with a well-known Twitter meme canonical: https://time.com/4363217/hillary-clinton-delete-your-account/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-09T19:10:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-06T09:27:08.353Z og:title: Hillary Clinton Tweets 'Delete Your Account' to Donald Trump og:description: Your move, Donald og:url: https://time.com/4363217/hillary-clinton-delete-your-account/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a52255880d8634d/69889727cd1bba14467010af/hillary-clinton-delete-your-account.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Campaigns In Indiana og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Tweets 'Delete Your Account' to Donald Trump twitter:description: Your move, Donald twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a52255880d8634d/69889727cd1bba14467010af/hillary-clinton-delete-your-account.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 01:14 video:published: 2016-06-09 section: politics topics: presidential endorsement, Hillary Clinton, 2016 Democratic campaign, political movement, voter engagement, women in politics, fair opportunity genre: news, political speech tones: supportive, enthusiastic, celebratory, determined emotions: enthusiasm (high), pride (medium), determination (medium) sentiment: positive audience: Democratic voters, political observers, young voters, working-class voters people: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton organizations: Democratic Party transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Hillary Clinton Tweets 'Delete Your Account' to Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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President Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton, the presumptive democratic nominee for President of the United States._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary President Obama announces that he formally endorses Hillary Clinton, whom he describes as the presumptive Democratic nominee. He praises her commitment to American values and her determination to give every American a fair shot at opportunity. He says his campaign has been about building a movement that brings working and young people into the political process. He notes the milestone of a woman becoming a major party's nominee for president. ## Key points - Obama says he has seen Clinton's commitment to our values up close. (00:03) - Obama says Clinton is driven by determination to give every American a fair shot at opportunity. (00:07) - Obama tells his supporters they are the first to know that he is with Clinton. (00:16) - Obama says he is fired up and cannot wait to get out and campaign for Hillary. (00:21) - Obama says his campaign has been about building a movement that brings working people and young people into the political process. (00:39) - Obama says the campaign will continue opposing the current drift. (00:46) - Obama says the endorsement marks a milestone: the first time a woman will be a major party's nominee for president. (00:58) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:31] Obama announces endorsement of Clinton. Obama praises Clinton's commitment and determination and says he is with her and ready to campaign for her. - [00:31 to 00:58] Movement-building and political participation. Obama describes his campaign as a movement bringing working and young people into politics. - [00:58 to 01:14] A woman as major party nominee. Obama marks the milestone of a woman becoming a major party's presidential nominee. ## Key quotes - [00:03] Barack Obama: "I've seen her commitment to our values up close." - [00:16] Barack Obama: "I want those of you who've been with me from the beginning of this incredible journey to be the first to know that I'm with her." - [00:21] Barack Obama: "I am fired up and I cannot wait to get out there and campaign for Hillary." - [00:39] Barack Obama: "Our campaign has been about building a movement." ## Questions this video answers - Has Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton? [00:16] - What does Obama say about Clinton's character and values? [00:03] - What kind of movement does Obama say his campaign has built? [00:39] - Why does Obama call the nomination a milestone? [00:58] - Does Obama plan to campaign for Clinton? [00:21]  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 9, 2016 7:10 PM UTC President Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton, the presumptive democratic nominee for President of the United States.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 9, 2016 7:10 PM UTC [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4361099/hillary-clinton-nominee-speech-transcript/) proved once again that she can hang with the [hip young things](http://time.com/4347602/clinton-trump-sanders-campaign-headquarters/), when she succinctly responded to [Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-runner-up-donald-trump/)‘s tweet about [Obama’s endorsement of her](http://time.com/4362633/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-endorsement/) with one of Twitter’s most beloved memes. Trump’s tweet read, “Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obama—but nobody else does!.” Clinton’s account responded by quoting Trump’s tweet and adding the caption, “[Delete your account](https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/64422613.jpg),” a phrase made popular in the Twitterverse to call out people who are offering unsolicited hot takes, being irrelevant, or just plain being rude. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/740973710593654784) This is a textbook usage of “Delete your account,” though it was not appreciated by the GOP, who used the tweet as an opportunity to bring up Clinton’s email controversy. > [](https://twitter.com/seanspicer/status/740976546035425280) > [](https://twitter.com/Reince/status/740993607289688065) However, the Internet more than compensated with affirmative recognition of Clinton’s correct use of the meme — in gif form. > [](https://twitter.com/ggreeneva/status/740976042412789761) > [](https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/740974248253083649) > [](https://twitter.com/gabebergado/status/740978084367720448) > [](https://twitter.com/JonMcQueen/status/740977733665071104) Hillary’s response to Trump has just become her most retweeted Tweet ever. > [](https://twitter.com/gov/status/740995085555359745) Your move, Trump. ## Transcript [00:03] I've seen her commitment to our values up close. I've [00:07] seen her determination to give every American a fair [00:10] shot at opportunity, no matter how tough the fight was. [00:12] That's what has always driven her, and it still does. So [00:16] I want those of you who've been with me from the [00:18] beginning of this incredible journey to be the first to [00:21] know that I'm with her. That I am with her. I am fired [00:24] up and I cannot wait to get out there and campaign for [00:31] Hillary. [00:35] [ MUSIC ] [00:39] Our campaign has been about building a movement. [00:43] Which brings working people and young people into [00:46] the political process. We will continue doing everything [00:51] that we can to oppose the drift which currently exists. [00:56] Thanks to you we've reached a milestone. The first [00:58] time [ APPLAUSE ] The first [01:04] time in our nation's history that a woman will be a [01:07] major party's nominee for president. 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