--- title: Hillary Clinton: 'America is Better Than Donald Trump' description: The Democratic nominee pitched Millennial voters on her campaign. If they weren't sold, she also trashed her Republican rival. canonical: https://time.com/4499617/hillary-clinton-millennials-philadelphia/ author: Philip Elliott article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-19T18:33:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:17.768Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clinton: 'America is Better Than Donald Trump' og:description: She courted millennial voters in Pennsylvania. og:url: https://time.com/4499617/hillary-clinton-millennials-philadelphia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcea1ae093495c5a8/6988a6b7e20a876a7ea92797/clinton-millennials.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton takes a selfie with supporters after delivering a speech at Temple University on September 19, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clinton: 'America is Better Than Donald Trump' twitter:description: She courted millennial voters in Pennsylvania. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcea1ae093495c5a8/6988a6b7e20a876a7ea92797/clinton-millennials.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Tells Millennials: 'America Is Better Than Donald Trump' > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Philip Elliott](https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/)  ## Philip Elliott Senior Correspondent Sep 19, 2016 6:33 PM UTC  Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton takes a selfie with supporters after delivering a speech at Temple University on September 19, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton takes a selfie with supporters after delivering a speech at Temple University on September 19, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Philip Elliott](https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/)  ## Philip Elliott Senior Correspondent Sep 19, 2016 6:33 PM UTC Hillary Clinton made a direct appeal to elusive young voters during a stop at a Philadelphia campus Monday, urging her audience to join her campaign against Donald Trump’s “divisive” rhetoric he aims at those who are not like him. “America is better than this. America is better than Donald Trump,” the former Secretary of State said. The visit to Temple University comes as her campaign makes [an all-in pitch](http://time.com/4498760/hillary-clinton-millennial-student-voters/) to win over young voters, who backed her rival in the primaries and aren’t quite sold on Clinton, who also is a former Senator and First Lady. “I get that,” Clinton said in a speech that outlined a litany of promises that would improve young voters’ lives. “I want to do my best to answer those questions.” She has to. Without these voters, Clinton has a very precarious path to a win. Polls show her trailing among young voters, a central part of President Obama’s coalition that appears to be fraying slightly. To help unify, Clinton offered specific proposals on college affordability, pay equity, energy policy—and panned her opponent for good measure. **Read More:** [_Hillary Clinton Launches ‘Aggressive’ Push for Millennials_](http://time.com/4498760/hillary-clinton-millennial-student-voters/) “We are facing a candidate with a long history of racial discrimination in his businesses, who retweets white supremacists, who led the birther movement to delegitimize our first black President,” Clinton said. “We have to stand up to this hate. We cannot let it go on,” she said to her biggest cheers of the day. By contrast, Clinton rightly noted, “your generation is the most inclusive, progressive and entrepreneurial as we’ve ever seen.” Clinton’s campaign is making an aggressive pitch to woo this generation, which in numbers rivals Baby Boomers but falls woefully short in participation. Clinton nodded to the voters who might just sit the election out, sour on both Clinton and Trump. “Not voting is not an option. That just plays into Trump’s hands. It really does,” she said. She pledged to the students and—the real audience—young voters who would stumble on the speech through social channels: “No one will work harder to make your life better.” And, if the last two weeks are a sign, no candidate will work harder to win their vote. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4499617/hillary-clinton-millennials-philadelphia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4499617/hillary-clinton-millennials-philadelphia/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Tells Millennials: 'America Is Better Than Donald Trump'","datePublished":"2016-09-19T18:33:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:17.768Z","description":"Clinton pitches young voters on her campaign","url":"https://time.com/4499617/hillary-clinton-millennials-philadelphia/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","democrats","Millennials","2016 Election","College"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcea1ae093495c5a8/6988a6b7e20a876a7ea92797/clinton-millennials.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Philip Elliott","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcea1ae093495c5a8/6988a6b7e20a876a7ea92797/clinton-millennials.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton takes a selfie with supporters after delivering a speech at Temple University on September 19, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","caption":"Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton takes a selfie with supporters after delivering a speech at Temple University on September 19, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","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":"https://time.com/4499617/hillary-clinton-millennials-philadelphia/","name":"Hillary Clinton Tells Millennials: 'America Is Better Than Donald Trump'"}}]}] ```