--- description: Eight years after falling short against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton will break through a new glass ceiling this week. title: DNC Livestream: Watch the Democratic Convention Free Online image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27968bf776d4b6f0/69889f21f887dc0ba6e96c77/clinton_convention.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 # Watch Live: The Democratic National Convention by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:26 AM CUTPublished: Jul 25, 2016 8:17 PM CUT  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. 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](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:26 AM CUTPublished: Jul 25, 2016 8:17 PM CUT Eight years after falling short against Barack Obama, [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4416693/hillary-clinton-hardest-to-know/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod "undefined") 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/ "undefined") of [Donald Trump’s Republican convention](http://time.com/4418423/donald-trump-republican-convention-hillary-clinton/ "undefined"), Democrats are promising a different tone. [Watch](http://time.com/4429149/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-livestream/ "undefined") the convention proceedings live above. Highlights include Clinton’s primary opponent Bernie Sanders and First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday; former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday; President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday; and Hillary Clinton herself on Thursday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4422472/dnc-hillary-clinton-livestream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4422472/dnc-hillary-clinton-livestream/"},"headline":"Watch Live: The Democratic National Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-25T20:17:36.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T05:26:03.000Z","description":"Eight years after falling short against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton will break through a new glass ceiling this week.","url":"https://time.com/4422472/dnc-hillary-clinton-livestream/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27968bf776d4b6f0/69889f21f887dc0ba6e96c77/clinton_convention.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27968bf776d4b6f0/69889f21f887dc0ba6e96c77/clinton_convention.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives to speak during her California primary night rally held in Brooklyn","caption":"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.","creditText":"Lucas Jackson—Reuters","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/4422472/dnc-hillary-clinton-livestream/","name":"Watch Live: The Democratic National Convention"}}]}] ```