--- title: Hillary Clinton Questions Donald Trump’s 'Level of Success’ description: Hillary Clinton on Sunday questioned Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed successes while attacking him for not releasing his tax returns canonical: https://time.com/4344252/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-success/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-22T15:57:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:39:51.950Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Questions Donald Trump’s 'Level of Success’ og:description: Trump has yet to prove "he actually has the level of success he claims to have” og:url: https://time.com/4344252/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-success/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a14e301d59d30b1/6988944bcf40a8748ec43555/hillary-clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: MEET THE PRESS -- Pictured: (l-r) Presidential Candidate, Former Sec. Hillary Clinton appears in a pre-taped interview on "Meet the Press" in Washington, D.C., Saturday May 21, 2016. (Photo by: William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images) og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Questions Donald Trump’s 'Level of Success’ twitter:description: Trump has yet to prove "he actually has the level of success he claims to have” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a14e301d59d30b1/6988944bcf40a8748ec43555/hillary-clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Questions Donald Trump’s 'Level of Success’  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 22, 2016 3:57 PM UTC  Presidential Candidate, Former Sec. Hillary Clinton appears in a pre-taped interview on "Meet the Press" in Washington, on May 21, 2016. Presidential Candidate, Former Sec. Hillary Clinton appears in a pre-taped interview on "Meet the Press" in Washington, on May 21, 2016.William B. Plowman—NBC/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 22, 2016 3:57 PM UTC Hillary Clinton on Sunday [questioned Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed successes](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/hillary-clinton-questions-trump-s-level-success-n578246) while attacking him for not releasing his tax returns. The former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate said the media mogul has yet to prove that “he actually has the level of success he claims to have” during an appearance on NBC’s _Meet the Press._ “There’s no evidence he has any ideas about making America great, as he advertises. He seems to be particularly focused on making himself appear great,” Clinton said. “And as we go through this campaign, we’re going to be demonstrating the hollowness of his rhetoric.” When asked if there is anything in Trump’s background that is worthy of praise, Clinton said: “We’ll find out. Because we have to get below the hype. We have to find what the reality is.” [Trump](http://time.com/4344226/donald-trump-guns-teachers-classroom/?iid=sr-link1) has said that he doesn’t expect to [release his tax returns](http://time.com/4327012/mitt-romney-donald-trump-tax-returns/) before November due to an ongoing audit. 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