--- title: DNC: Read What Hillary Clinton Will Say At The Convention description: Read excerpts of what Hillary Clinton will say as she accepts the nomination as the first woman nominee of the Democratic party canonical: https://time.com/4428916/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-transcript-video/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-29T00:19:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:37:49.491Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read What Hillary Clinton Will Say At The Convention og:description: "We are clear-eyed about what our country is up against. But we are not afraid" og:url: https://time.com/4428916/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-transcript-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d9933992b409f45/69889ff0cf40a84290c443cf/a6308683.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL DNC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read What Hillary Clinton Will Say At The Convention twitter:description: "We are clear-eyed about what our country is up against. But we are not afraid" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d9933992b409f45/69889ff0cf40a84290c443cf/a6308683.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read What Hillary Clinton Will Say at the Democratic Convention by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 29, 2016 12:19 AM UTC  Hillary Clinton joins President Barack Obama on stage after he spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016. Hillary Clinton joins President Barack Obama on stage after he spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016.Benjamin Lowy for TIME by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 29, 2016 12:19 AM UTC Hillary Clinton will lay out an optimistic vision for the future in her acceptance speech Thursday. Following the themes of the Democratic national convention, the former Secretary of State will offer details about how she will “empower all Americans to live better lives,” according to excerpts of her speech released by her campaign. Clinton will focus on topics like national security and how to grow wages, areas where she will say Americans are “looking for steady leadership.” Read the excerpts of her speech: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4428916/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-transcript-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4428916/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-transcript-video/"},"headline":"Read What Hillary Clinton Will Say at the Democratic Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-29T00:19:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:37:49.491Z","description":"\"We are clear-eyed about what our country is up against. But we are not afraid\"","url":"https://time.com/4428916/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-transcript-video/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d9933992b409f45/69889ff0cf40a84290c443cf/a6308683.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d9933992b409f45/69889ff0cf40a84290c443cf/a6308683.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL DNC","caption":"Hillary Clinton joins President Barack Obama on stage after he spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016.","creditText":"Benjamin Lowy for TIME","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/democratic-national-convention/","name":"Democratic National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4428916/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-transcript-video/","name":"Read What Hillary Clinton Will Say at the Democratic Convention"}}]}] ```