--- title: Hillary Clinton Leather Jacket Memes description: Hillary Clinton gave a speech at the Professional BusinessWomen of California conference and traded in a pantsuit for a leather jacket. canonical: https://time.com/4716671/hillary-clinton-leather-jacket-reactions/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-29T16:49:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T08:26:27.075Z og:title: Internet Can't Handle Hillary Clinton in This Leather Jacket og:description: "Showing up in a leather jacket like a 21st century superhero." og:url: https://time.com/4716671/hillary-clinton-leather-jacket-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7116b574d53d6a7e/6988c065196cf48ced03f6ee/hillary-clinton-leather-jacket.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Addresses Professional Business Women Of California Conf. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Can't Handle Hillary Clinton in This Leather Jacket twitter:description: "Showing up in a leather jacket like a 21st century superhero." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7116b574d53d6a7e/6988c065196cf48ced03f6ee/hillary-clinton-leather-jacket.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # No One on the Internet Can Handle Hillary Clinton in This Leather Jacket > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice 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. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=86facd36-a990-44e8-80d9-30499bf0eacc&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Hillary Clinton Says She's Back at San Francisco Conference [Watch (HLS stream): Hillary Clinton Says She's Back at San Francisco Conference](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/h1lYpuCi.m3u8) (2:04)  _Published 2017-03-29. Speaking at a conference for professional businesswomen in San Francisco on Tuesday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that she is back._ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 29, 2017 4:49 PM UTC Speaking at a conference for professional businesswomen in San Francisco on Tuesday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that she is back. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 29, 2017 4:49 PM UTC [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4716072/hillary-clinton-san-francisco-speech-donald-trump/) broke with sartorial tradition Tuesday night when she spoke at the conference for professional businesswomen conference in San Francisco. Rather than donning her [classic pantsuit](http://motto.time.com/4431032/dnc-hillary-clinton-white-pantsuit-meaning/), Clinton told the world she was back in action while wearing a leather jacket and floral shirt. Clinton’s pantsuits became her trademark look, often wearing specific [colored pieces](http://motto.time.com/4565384/hillary-clinton-purple-pantsuit/) with [historical significance](http://motto.time.com/4561290/hillary-clinton-wear-white-to-vote/) behind them. Critics often focused on her clothing and [accessory choices](http://motto.time.com/4376385/hillary-clinton-designer-bag/), but this ensemble shocked — and pleased — her supporters. While she spoke at the [Professional BusinessWomen of California](http://pbwc.org/) annual conference about being “thrilled to be out of the woods” and continuing to fight “for a fairer, big-hearted, inclusive America,” the Internet couldn’t get past Clinton’s outfit du jour. People took to Twitter to comment on her new look. > [](https://twitter.com/CiCiAdams%5F/status/847045954184327168) > [](https://twitter.com/franklyh91/status/847068182355628032) > [](https://twitter.com/avajennette/status/847088641889521665) > [](https://twitter.com/C%5FJill%5FRun/status/846887299082268673) > [](https://twitter.com/tudorqueenAB/status/846939298817622016) > [](https://twitter.com/southsidesass/status/847098990399295488) > [](https://twitter.com/MissMillennial/status/846893702995861505) ## Transcript [00:00] I am here today to urge us not to grow tired. [00:05] Not to be discouraged and disappointed. Not to throw up [00:09] our hands because change isn't happening fast enough. Or [00:13] to even take a pass because we think we've done our part. [00:18] We need more women at any table, on any conference [00:21] call. Or email chain where decisions are made. And, [00:26] a big part of that is encouraging more women to run for [00:30] office, and pushing the private sector to do a lot better than [00:34] it currently is. Obviously, the outcome of the election [00:37] wasn't... The one I hoped for, worked for but I will never [00:41] stop speaking out for common sense benefits that will allow [00:45] moms and dads to stay on the job. Where some see a [00:49] dark vision of carnage, I see a light shining [00:54] on creativity and opportunity. [ APPLAUSE ] [00:58] [ APPLAUSE ] [01:01] Now, [01:04] we saw that in real time the day after the inauguration, [01:08] when millions of women and men from all walks of life [01:13] march for women's equality, visibility and inclusion. [01:18] With Congress of administration Tried to jam through a bill [01:22] that would have kicked 24 million people off their health [01:25] insurance, defunded Planned Parenthood, jeopardized [01:29] access to affordable birth control, deprived people [01:33] with disabilities and the elderly in nursing homes of [01:37] essential care They were met with a wave of resistance. [01:40] We need to persist, to approach future challenges with the [01:43] passion we've seen these last few months and then to [01:47] bring that to the voting booth in 2018. To [01:52] tell yourself, to tell your friends, and your colleagues No [01:56] matter how you vote, show up and vote for goodness [01:59] sakes! Be there! 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