--- title: Hillary Clinton Clinches Democratic Nod, Supporters Rejoice description: Hillary Clinton claimed victory on Tuesday as the first woman to become the presumptive nominee of a major political party canonical: https://time.com/4361293/hillary-clinton-democratic-primary-result-video/ author: Francesca Trianni article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-08T17:15:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T12:08:29.047Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Made History. Watch What Happened Next og:description: See the reaction of the crowd the moment Clinton celebrated the milestone og:url: https://time.com/4361293/hillary-clinton-democratic-primary-result-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29ce06e713b143e1/698896ff8e06011f664663a5/hillary-final-tout-2.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary FINAL TOUT 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Made History. Watch What Happened Next twitter:description: See the reaction of the crowd the moment Clinton celebrated the milestone twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29ce06e713b143e1/698896ff8e06011f664663a5/hillary-final-tout-2.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Made History. Watch What Happened Next by [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) and [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/) Jun 8, 2016 5:15 PM UTC  by [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) and [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/) Jun 8, 2016 5:15 PM UTC [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4360888/hillary-clinton-nomination-brooklyn-speech-win/) became the first woman chosen as the standard-bearer of a major American political party on Tuesday, as a crowd of hundreds relished the historic moment. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone,” Clinton said during [a victory speech](http://time.com/4361099/hillary-clinton-nominee-speech-transcript/) in New York.“Don’t let anyone tell you that great things can’t happen in America. Barriers can come down.” Watch the reaction of the crowd the moment Clinton celebrated the milestone, 96 years after American women first won the right to vote. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4361293/hillary-clinton-democratic-primary-result-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4361293/hillary-clinton-democratic-primary-result-video/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Made History. Watch What Happened Next","datePublished":"2016-06-08T17:15:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:08:29.047Z","description":"See the reaction of the crowd the moment Clinton celebrated the milestone","url":"https://time.com/4361293/hillary-clinton-democratic-primary-result-video/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","politics","Election 2016","presidential election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29ce06e713b143e1/698896ff8e06011f664663a5/hillary-final-tout-2.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Francesca Trianni","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Diane Tsai","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29ce06e713b143e1/698896ff8e06011f664663a5/hillary-final-tout-2.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary FINAL TOUT 2","caption":"","creditText":"","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/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4361293/hillary-clinton-democratic-primary-result-video/","name":"Hillary Clinton Made History. Watch What Happened Next"}}]}] ```