--- title: Hillary Clinton: Her Happiest Moment description: Hillary Clinton strode into the history books Thursday night, accepting the Democratic nomination for President — a first for a woman. canonical: https://time.com/4430189/hillary-clinton-democratic-nomination-convention/ author: Olivier Laurent article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-29T06:40:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:50.159Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Happiest Photo of Hillary Clinton og:description: Ben Lowy captures the Democratic candidate at her happiest og:url: https://time.com/4430189/hillary-clinton-democratic-nomination-convention/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2729040efed7f86f/6988a0468e060145f8466f85/hillary-clinton-dnc-democratic-national-convention-ben-lowy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5168 og:image:height: 2907 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL DNC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Happiest Photo of Hillary Clinton twitter:description: Ben Lowy captures the Democratic candidate at her happiest twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2729040efed7f86f/6988a0468e060145f8466f85/hillary-clinton-dnc-democratic-national-convention-ben-lowy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Happiest Photo of Hillary Clinton > Sponsored content. 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Ben Lowy for TIME by [Olivier Laurent](https://time.com/author/olivier-laurent/) ## Olivier Laurent Jul 29, 2016 6:40 AM UTC Hillary Clinton strode into the [history books](http://time.com/4429815/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-theme/?xid=homepage) Thursday night, accepting the Democratic [nomination](http://time.com/4429397/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech/?xid=homepage) for President — a first for a woman. The landmark event marked the culmination of four decades of public service for the former Senator and Secretary of State, but also four days of a convention designed to humanize the candidate and showcase her strength, kindness and tenacity — attributes that have hardly dominated the, at-times biting, commentary surrounding Clinton. “The truth is, through all these years of public service, the ‘service’ part has always come easier to me than the ‘public’ part,” Clinton said in her [acceptance speech](http://time.com/4429984/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-video-transcript/?xid=homepage). But tonight, Clinton embraced the historic moment, beaming for the cameras, as captured by Ben Lowy in this photograph — one that could very well portray Clinton at her happiest. _Ben Lowy is an award winning photojournalist and director. 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