--- title: Hillary Clinton: Bill Clinton and Nominee Play With Balloons description: Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton never saw balloons until last night, and watching them experience a balloon bath is glorious. canonical: https://time.com/4431337/hillary-clinton-bill-balloons-dnc/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-29T20:39:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:56.406Z og:title: See Hillary and Bill Clinton Experience Pure Joy With a Bunch of Balloons og:description: Each new balloon was more exciting than the last og:url: https://time.com/4431337/hillary-clinton-bill-balloons-dnc/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Hillary and Bill Clinton Experience Pure Joy With a Bunch of Balloons twitter:description: Each new balloon was more exciting than the last twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Hillary and Bill Clinton Experience Pure Joy With a Bunch of Balloons by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 29, 2016 8:39 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 29, 2016 8:39 PM UTC Videos of [Hillary](http://time.com/4430456/hillary-clinton-dnc-speech/) and [Bill](http://time.com/4425527/dnc-bill-clinton-democratic-convention-hillary/) Clinton playing with balloons on Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention have been spreading joy on the Internet. Of all the people in the world — including Democrats, Republicans, Independents and [supporters](http://time.com/4424234/people-really-want-the-rock-to-run-for-president/) of The Rock — no one was filled with more joy than the Clintons when it started raining patriotic balloons of various sizes. The sight of each new balloon enthralled and excited them like it was a completely new thing. Witness the joy in their eyes in the GIFs below. > [](https://twitter.com/AllisonRockey/status/758869424900231168) > [](https://twitter.com/Walldo/status/758867949117542400) > [](https://twitter.com/OliviaMesser/status/759070953372520449) > [](https://twitter.com/tylermenzel/status/758870136870666240) Nothing comes between Bill and his favorite balloon. Cute little girl who thinks she can jack it from him? No dice. > [](https://twitter.com/triciajeleen/status/759059490448695296) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4431337/hillary-clinton-bill-balloons-dnc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4431337/hillary-clinton-bill-balloons-dnc/"},"headline":"See Hillary and Bill Clinton Experience Pure Joy With a Bunch of Balloons","datePublished":"2016-07-29T20:39:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:56.406Z","description":"Each one more exciting than the last","url":"https://time.com/4431337/hillary-clinton-bill-balloons-dnc/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Hillary Clinton","viral","Bill Clinton"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4431337/hillary-clinton-bill-balloons-dnc/","name":"See Hillary and Bill Clinton Experience Pure Joy With a Bunch of Balloons"}}]}] ```