--- title: Hillary Clinton: Elizabeth Warren Could Be Vice President description: Hillary Clinton called Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren "an incredible public servant" in an interview with Politico Thursday canonical: https://time.com/4363227/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-vice-president/ author: Emma Ockerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-09T19:25:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:30:25.598Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton: Elizabeth Warren Is Qualified to Be Vice President og:description: "I think she is an incredible public servant, eminently qualified for any role" og:url: https://time.com/4363227/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-vice-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73264e079862179e/6988972a0a4a227a9a9ca05d/elizabeth-warren-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Director Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Richard Cordray Testifies To Senate Hearing og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton: Elizabeth Warren Is Qualified to Be Vice President twitter:description: "I think she is an incredible public servant, eminently qualified for any role" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73264e079862179e/6988972a0a4a227a9a9ca05d/elizabeth-warren-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton: Elizabeth Warren Is Qualified to Be Vice President by [Emma Ockerman](https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/) ## Emma Ockerman Jun 9, 2016 7:25 PM UTC  Sen. Elizabeth Warren waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., April 7, 2016. Sen. Elizabeth Warren waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., April 7, 2016.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Emma Ockerman](https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/) ## Emma Ockerman Jun 9, 2016 7:25 PM UTC Hillary Clinton called Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren “an incredible public servant” Thursday, saying [she’d be qualified for the role of vice president](http://time.com/3963149/elizabeth-warren-hillary-clinton-wall-street/). Clinton also praised Warren’s [critique of Donald Trump](http://time.com/4271542/donald-trump-elizabeth-warren-fights-back/), telling Politico, “I think she is an incredible public servant, eminently qualified for any role. I look forward to working with her on behalf of not only the campaign and her very effective critique of Trump, but also on the issues that she and I both care about.” During the same interview, Clinton also told Politico she thinks Sen. Bernie Sanders has “contributed greatly to the campaign,” adding that she looks “forward to talking to him.” Clinton’s praise for Warren came on the heels of the presumptive Democratic nominee’s endorsement from [President Barack Obama Thursday afternoon.](http://time.com/4362633/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-endorsement/?xid=homepage) \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-vice-president-224134#ixzz4B6oYF28G)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4363227/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-vice-president/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4363227/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-vice-president/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton: Elizabeth Warren Is Qualified to Be Vice President","datePublished":"2016-06-09T19:25:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:30:25.598Z","description":"\"I think she is an incredible public servant, eminently qualified for any role\"","url":"https://time.com/4363227/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-vice-president/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","elizabeth warren"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73264e079862179e/6988972a0a4a227a9a9ca05d/elizabeth-warren-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Emma Ockerman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73264e079862179e/6988972a0a4a227a9a9ca05d/elizabeth-warren-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Director Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Richard Cordray Testifies To Senate Hearing","caption":"Sen. 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