--- title: Hillary Clinton: Michelle Obama Campaigns With Her: Watch description: First Lady Michelle Obama will join Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail for the first time Thursday canonical: https://time.com/4547634/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-watch-live/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-27T16:21:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:27:52.883Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Michelle Obama Campaigns With Hillary Clinton for the First Time og:description: The Thursday rally in N.C. is the first time the pair have campaigned together og:url: https://time.com/4547634/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-watch-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58f577b1260161e3/6988abc7cd1bbaac24702db9/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-campaign-together.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: michelle obama hillary clinton campaign together og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Michelle Obama Campaigns With Hillary Clinton for the First Time twitter:description: The Thursday rally in N.C. is the first time the pair have campaigned together twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58f577b1260161e3/6988abc7cd1bbaac24702db9/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-campaign-together.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Michelle Obama Campaigns With Hillary Clinton for the First Time  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Oct 27, 2016 4:21 PM UTC  First Lady Michelle Obama waves to supporters as she arrives to speak at an Arizona Democartic Party Early Vote rally in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine on October 20, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona. First Lady Michelle Obama waves to supporters as she arrives to speak at an Arizona Democartic Party Early Vote rally in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine on October 20, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona.Ralph Freso—Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Oct 27, 2016 4:21 PM UTC First Lady Michelle Obama [will join](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/us/politics/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton.html) Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail for the first time Thursday in North Carolina. [Obama](http://motto.time.com/4530580/michelle-obama-donald-trump-comments-sexual-assault/) has [already campaigned](http://time.com/4497557/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-birther/) notably for Clinton, but the Winston-Salem rally marks the first time she’s campaigning with the nominee. Watch the rally live above, scheduled to [start at 2 p.m.](http://www.journalnow.com/news/elections/national/everything-you-need-to-know-about-thursday-s-hillary-clinton/article%5Fcbdbbcbf-df1a-59c9-9e3c-7c918f478eb4.html) EDT. The pair is appearing together [to encourage](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/us/politics/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton.html) early voting in the state, which President Barack Obama lost in 2012 but where polls show Clinton ahead. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4547634/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-watch-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4547634/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-watch-live/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Michelle Obama Campaigns With Hillary Clinton for the First Time","datePublished":"2016-10-27T16:21:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:27:52.883Z","description":"They are encouraging early voting in North Carolina","url":"https://time.com/4547634/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-watch-live/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Michelle Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58f577b1260161e3/6988abc7cd1bbaac24702db9/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-campaign-together.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58f577b1260161e3/6988abc7cd1bbaac24702db9/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-campaign-together.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"michelle obama hillary clinton campaign together","caption":"michelle obama hillary clinton campaign together","creditText":"Ralph Freso—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":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4547634/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-watch-live/","name":"Watch Live: Michelle Obama Campaigns With Hillary Clinton for the First Time"}}]}] ```