--- title: What Should Hillary Clinton's Twitter Avatar Be? description: The controversy over Hillary Clinton's private email address has put a negative spin on her Twitter avatar. Here are some replacements. canonical: https://time.com/3733668/hillary-clinton-twitter-avatar/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-05T18:16:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:05:12.395Z article:section: Politics og:title: What Should Hillary Clinton's Twitter Avatar Be? og:description: If not "texts from Hillary," then what? og:url: https://time.com/3733668/hillary-clinton-twitter-avatar/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1208127ccdf5bd2d/698782483c163968ee4521bd/hillary-clinton-twitter-avatar-5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Twitter Avatar og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What Should Hillary Clinton's Twitter Avatar Be? twitter:description: If not "texts from Hillary," then what? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1208127ccdf5bd2d/698782483c163968ee4521bd/hillary-clinton-twitter-avatar-5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # What Should Hillary Clinton's Twitter Avatar Be? by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 5, 2015 6:16 PM UTC  Republicans love talking about Benghazi. Clinton could show her tougher side with a shot from her congressional testimony on that. Republicans love talking about Benghazi. Clinton could show her tougher side with a shot from her congressional testimony on that.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 5, 2015 6:16 PM UTC > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/573340998287413248)  Hillary Clinton once used the hashtag #grandmothersknowbest in a tweet. She could stress her softer side with a shot of her granddaughter. Jon Davidson—Office of President Clinton/AP  Clinton's time as Secretary of State builds her foreign policy credentials. An action shot like this one in Egypt could help. Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images  Clinton is reportedly considering playing up the historic nature of being the first female president. This shot could help on that front. David Zalubowski—AP  Twitter loves self-aware jokes. Clinton could use a shot of Amy Poehler playing her on "Saturday Night Live" to show her lighter side. NBC/Getty Images  Republicans love talking about Benghazi. Clinton could show her tougher side with a shot from her congressional testimony on that. Alex Wong—Getty Images  Barack Obama is still popular with Democrats, so she could reassure her base with a shot of the two of them together. Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  Clinton could make Throwback Thursday every day with this shot of her work during the Watergate investigation. David Hume Kennerly—Getty Images  With the Democratic primary locked down, Clinton could reach out to Republican voters with a shoutout to Ronald Reagan. Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images  Everyone likes a happy photo. Here's a recent shot where she's all smiles. Win McNamee—Getty Images  When in doubt, go for Meryl Streep. Everyone likes Meryl Streep. 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