--- description: Saturday Night Live's April 11 episode featured Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton preparing to announce her 2016 presidential run. title: Watch 'SNL' Parody Hillary Clinton's 2016 Announcement image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4803e60ce2a4c549/6987eab9524fc09a42df02b3/hilary-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch _SNL_ Parody Hillary Clinton's 2016 Announcement  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 12, 2015 5:26 PM CUT  Pictured: (l-r) Sasheer Zamata as First Lady Michelle Obama and Vanessa Bayer as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on May 10, 2014 . Pictured: (l-r) Sasheer Zamata as First Lady Michelle Obama and Vanessa Bayer as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on May 10, 2014 .NBC/NBCU Photo Bank  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 12, 2015 5:26 PM CUT _Saturday Night Live_ had a little fun with Hillary Clinton on the eve of her expected announcement of a White House bid. Cast member Kate McKinnon played the former Secretary of State during the cold open, in which Hillary attempts to film her announcement on her phone. When one of the attempts doesn’t turn out well, her advisor suggests that she delete the clip. “I know a thing or two about that, right?” Clinton says, referring to the recent [controversy](http://time.com/3731568/hillary-clinton-email/ "undefined") surrounding her emails. Taraji P. Henson, a first-time host, delivered the opening monologue about how she “made it” backed by a gospel choir. “I could have been an extra on _The Lion King,_” the actress jokes. The _Empire_ star also impersonated rapper Nicki Minaj in a parody trailer for _Home 2_, a sequel to DreamWorks Animations’ _Home_, whose star-studded cast included Jim Parsons and Rihanna. _Read next:_ [_5 Other Women Who Ran for President_](http://time.com/3771209/hillary-clinton-female-candidates/ "undefined") ### See Every Hillary Clinton TIME Cover  The September 14, 1992 issue of TIME Gregory Heisler  The May 10, 1993 issue of TIME Steve Liss  The March 21, 1994 issue of TIME Dirck Halstead  The March 18, 1996 issue of TIME Brad Markel  The July 1, 1996 issue of TIME TIME  The October 20, 1997 issue of TIME Patrick Demarchelier  The Feb. 9, 1998, issue of TIME. TIME  The August 31, 1998 issue of TIME Blake Sell—Reuters  The Sep. 28, 1998, issue of TIME. (Hillary Clinton at top center, behind Bill Clinton.) Cover Credit: DOUG MILLS-AP, KHUE BUI, DAN LOH-AP & STEVE HELBER-AP  The Feb. 15, 1999, issue of TIME. (Hillary Clinton inset at top right.) Cover Credit: MICHAEL O'NEILL  The February 22, 1999 issue of TIME TIME  The March 1, 1999 issue of TIME Aaron Shikler  The June 16, 2003 issue of TIME TIME  The August 28, 2006 issue of TIME Diana Walker for TIME  The Feb. 5, 2007, issue of TIME. (Hillary Clinton inset at top left.) Cover Credit: PHOTOGRAPH FOR TIME BY CHRISTOPHER MORRIS--VII  The November 19, 2007 issue of TIME John Ritter—Brooks Kraft  The Jan. 21, 2008, issue of TIME. (Hillary Clinton inset at top left.) Cover Credit: NICK WRIGHT  The February 18, 2008 issue of TIME Diana Walker, Doug Mills  The Feb. 25, 2008, issue of TIME. (Hillary Clinton inset at top.) Cover Credit: MATTHIAS CLAMER  The March 17, 2008 issue of TIME David Burnett  The Mar. 24, 2008, issue of TIME. (Hillary Clinton inset at top.) Cover Credit: ARTHUR HOCHSTEIN  The May 5, 2008 issue of TIME Callie Shell, Damon Winter  The May 12, 2008, issue of TIME. (Hillary Clinton under the second zero in "100.") Cover Credit: CHIP KIDD  The May 11, 2009, issue of TIME. (Hillary Clinton under the "E" in TIME.) TIME  The November 16, 2009 issue of TIME Marco Grob for TIME. Left inset: Getty Images  The November 7, 2011 issue of TIME Diana Walker for TIME  The Apr. 30, 2012, issue of TIME. (Hillary Clinton near top center.) TIME  The January 27, 2014 issue of TIME Photo-Illustration by Justin Metz for TIME. Pants: Don Farrall—Getty Images. Man: Bloom Image/Getty Images. Shoe: Yasinguneysu/Getty Images  The Mar. 23, 2015, issue of TIME Photograph by Spencer Platt–Getty Images  The Feb. 15, 2016, issue of TIME Photograph by James Nachtwey for TIME ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3818695/snl-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3818695/snl-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Watch SNL Parody Hillary Clinton's 2016 Announcement","datePublished":"2015-04-12T17:26:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:36.070Z","description":"\"The Clintons are back!\"","url":"https://time.com/3818695/snl-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4803e60ce2a4c549/6987eab9524fc09a42df02b3/hilary-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4803e60ce2a4c549/6987eab9524fc09a42df02b3/hilary-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pictured: (l-r) Sasheer Zamata as First Lady Michelle Obama and Vanessa Bayer as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on May 10, 2014 .","caption":"Pictured: (l-r) Sasheer Zamata as First Lady Michelle Obama and Vanessa Bayer as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on May 10, 2014 .","creditText":"NBC/NBCU Photo Bank","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/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3818695/snl-hillary-clinton/","name":"Watch SNL Parody Hillary Clinton's 2016 Announcement"}}]}] ```