--- title: Watch Kate McKinnon's Response to Hillary Clinton's Praise description: Kate McKinnon responds to the congratulatory tweet that Hillary Clinton sent out to her after McKinnon's Emmy win on Jimmy Fallon. canonical: https://time.com/4513026/kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-response/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-29T15:51:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:09.981Z og:title: This is Kate McKinnon's Response to Hillary Clinton's Praise og:description: Here's what the SNL star had to say og:url: https://time.com/4513026/kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-response/ 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: This is Kate McKinnon's Response to Hillary Clinton's Praise twitter:description: Here's what the SNL star had to say twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kate McKinnon's Response to Hillary Clinton's Emmy Congrats Is Very On-Brand  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 29, 2016 3:51 PM CUT  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 29, 2016 3:51 PM CUT [Kate McKinnon](http://time.com/4347460/kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres-impressions/ "undefined") has had many a [hilarious role during her career](http://time.com/4152597/kate-mckinnon-ghostbusters-poster/ "undefined"), but one of her most memorable ones to date is her [parody of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4451557/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-impressions/ "undefined") on _Saturday Night Live_, which has dominated her work with the series this season, thanks to the elections. When [McKinnon won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at this year’s ceremony](http://time.com/4498749/kate-mckinnon-emmys-hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres/ "undefined"), she took care to give credit to not only producer Lorne Michaels and the cast and crew of _SNL_, but also to Clinton, who she thanked twice during her acceptance speech. For her part, Hillary Clinton sent a gracious and tongue-in-cheek tweet congratulating McKinnon on her win, along with a GIF of Kate impersonating her on _SNL_. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/777673718982184964) McKinnon, however, isn’t on Twitter, but she got a chance to respond during an appearance on _The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_ _,_ after Fallon showed her the tweet. “I would say what I said when I met her, which is, ‘Hi’,” McKinnon deadpanned, miming nervousness. See the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4513026/kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-response/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4513026/kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-response/"},"headline":"Kate McKinnon's Response to Hillary Clinton's Emmy Congrats Is Very On-Brand","datePublished":"2016-09-29T15:51:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:09.981Z","description":"Here's what the SNL star had to say","url":"https://time.com/4513026/kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-response/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Hillary Clinton","Entertainment","Television","Kate McKinnon","celebrity","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"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/4513026/kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-response/","name":"Kate McKinnon's Response to Hillary Clinton's Emmy Congrats Is Very On-Brand"}}]}] ```