--- title: Hillary Clinton Talks 2016 Election and Russia on Daily Show description: Hillary Clinton talked about Russia's voter manipulation, the Trump dossier and why she won't "go away" with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show canonical: https://time.com/5007112/hillary-clinton-trump-russia-daily-show/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-02T15:31:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:26.454Z og:title: Hillary Clinton: Russia's 2016 Election Meddling Is a 'Form of War' og:description: She also talked about that infamous Trump dossier og:url: https://time.com/5007112/hillary-clinton-trump-russia-daily-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d1c4e3b15acc00b/6988e44f86f68eda636e7147/dailyshow.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: DailyShow og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton: Russia's 2016 Election Meddling Is a 'Form of War' twitter:description: She also talked about that infamous Trump dossier twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d1c4e3b15acc00b/6988e44f86f68eda636e7147/dailyshow.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton: Russia's 2016 Election Meddling Is a 'Form of War' ## Video: FIRSTS Hillary Rodham Clinton [Watch (HLS stream): FIRSTS Hillary Rodham Clinton](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nRyrhM31.m3u8) (1:35)  _Published 2017-09-06. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the FIRST woman to win a major party’s nomination for President of the United States._ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 2, 2017 3:31 PM UTC  by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 2, 2017 3:31 PM UTC [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4937204/hillary-clinton-ivanka-trump-held-accountable/) described the [Russian campaign](http://time.com/5006056/russia-election-2016-memes/) to manipulate voters in the 2016 presidential election as cyberwarfare. In an interview on _The Daily Show_ with Trevor Noah on Wednesday, the former Secretary of State said [Russia’s attempt to influence the election](http://time.com/4783932/inside-russia-social-media-war-america/) is “a form of war” — and she warned that it’s not over. “Russian trolls and bots and agents are still fomenting discord and conflict within our country. That is classic propaganda, and the Russians are really good at it,” she said. “And I think that’s, in large measure, because the President is so ambivalent. I mean, he has to know — we’ll find out what he knew and how involved he was — but he had to know that people were making outreach to Russians, to the highest levels of the Kremlin, in order to help him, to hurt me, but more importantly to sow this divisiveness.” Clinton also addressed last month’s revelation that her 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund the [infamous dossier](http://time.com/4996741/what-is-the-trump-dossier/) containing salacious and unsubstantiated allegations about President Trump’s ties to Russia. When Noah asked her if there was a difference between that and Trump’s possible connections to Russia, Clinton said, “Of course.” “I think most serious people understand that,” she added, noting the dossier’s release came after the election. As for why she won’t “go away” now like some of her critics want, Clinton vowed to continue [using her platform](http://time.com/4942063/hillary-clinton-electoral-college/) to represent unsung people she feels need to be heard. “I’m not going anywhere. I walked in the woods, that was enough. I’m done with that, I’m back,” she said. 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