--- title: Watch Hillary Clinton Speak at American Legion Convention description: The Democrat will address the American Legion's national convention in Cincinnati canonical: https://time.com/4474396/watch-hillary-clinton-american-legion-speech/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-31T16:22:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:45:03.047Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Hillary Clinton Speak at the American Legion Convention in Cincinnati og:description: She'll slam rival Donald Trump og:url: https://time.com/4474396/watch-hillary-clinton-american-legion-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb07a8f17d00fcde0/6988a439a988ca57a86b93f6/hillary-clinton-legal-questions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3809 og:image:height: 2143 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Hillary Clinton Speak at the American Legion Convention in Cincinnati twitter:description: She'll slam rival Donald Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb07a8f17d00fcde0/6988a439a988ca57a86b93f6/hillary-clinton-legal-questions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Hillary Clinton Speak at the American Legion Convention in Cincinnati > Sponsored content. 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A Washington Post–ABC News poll released Wednesday shows that 56% of Americans view Clinton unfavorably, while 41% have a favorable impression of the Democrat—the worst she’s been viewed in her time in public life._ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 31, 2016 4:22 PM UTC by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 31, 2016 4:22 PM UTC Hillary Clinton is expected to deliver a speech [slamming Donald Trump](http://time.com/4472818/hillary-clinton-kids-campaign-ads-donald-trump/) at the American Legion’s national convention in Cincinnati. The Democrat has been focused on fund-raising ahead of the November election, but will speak on Wednesday to “make the case for American exceptionalism,” [according](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/us/politics/hillary-clinton-speech.html) to the New York _Times_. Trump will be giving a speech later today in Arizona, presumed to be on immigration, after his trip to Mexico City to meet with the president of Mexico. You can watch the speech above. ## Transcript I am delighted to have this great honor of being here and having this opportunity to address you. You don't build a coalition by insulting our friends or acting like a loose cannon, you do it by putting in the slow Hard work of building relationships. People have to get to know that they can count on you. That you won't say one thing one day and something totally different the next. And it's certainly takes more than trying to make up for a year of insults and insinuations. By dropping in our neighbors for a few hours and then flying home again. 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