--- title: DNC Livestream: Watch the Democratic Convention Free Online description: Eight years after falling short against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton will break through a new glass ceiling this week. canonical: https://time.com/4422472/dnc-hillary-clinton-livestream/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-25T20:17:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T05:26:03.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: DNC Livestream: Watch the Democratic Convention Free Online og:description: Eight years after falling short against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton will break through a new glass ceiling this week. og:url: https://time.com/4422472/dnc-hillary-clinton-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27968bf776d4b6f0/69889f21f887dc0ba6e96c77/clinton_convention.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives to speak during her California primary night rally held in Brooklyn og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: DNC Livestream: Watch the Democratic Convention Free Online twitter:description: Eight years after falling short against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton will break through a new glass ceiling this week. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27968bf776d4b6f0/69889f21f887dc0ba6e96c77/clinton_convention.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: The Democratic National Convention > Sponsored content. 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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves as she arrives to speak during her California primary night rally held in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 7, 2016.Lucas Jackson—Reuters by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:26 AM UTCPublished: Jul 25, 2016 8:17 PM UTC Eight years after falling short against Barack Obama, [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4416693/hillary-clinton-hardest-to-know/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod) broke through a new glass ceiling this week. Clinton, who famously ended her 2008 campaign by celebrating the “18 million cracks” in “that highest, hardest glass ceiling,” formally became her party’s nominee for President at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday. She is set to accept the nomination in an address to the convention on Thursday. The convention kicked off Monday and will run through Thursday. After what Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook called [the “doom and gloom”](http://time.com/4421880/democratic-convention-tone-robby-mook/) of [Donald Trump’s Republican convention](http://time.com/4418423/donald-trump-republican-convention-hillary-clinton/), Democrats are promising a different tone. [Watch](http://time.com/4429149/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-livestream/) the convention proceedings live above. 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