--- title: DNC: Watch Barack Obama Hug Hillary Clinton at Convention description: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton embraced onstage after his speech at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia. canonical: https://time.com/4427823/dnc-barack-obama-hillary-clinton-embrace-video/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T04:15:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:54.290Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Obama Embrace Clinton at the Democratic Convention og:description: “No matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits." og:url: https://time.com/4427823/dnc-barack-obama-hillary-clinton-embrace-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8785ba7cd85de0c8/69889fe82dce0143069ea139/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-democratic-national-convention-dnc-34.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2828 og:image:height: 1591 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CONVENTION og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Obama Embrace Clinton at the Democratic Convention twitter:description: “No matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8785ba7cd85de0c8/69889fe82dce0143069ea139/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-democratic-national-convention-dnc-34.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Barack Obama Embrace Hillary Clinton at the Democratic Convention > Sponsored content. 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President Barack Obama is joined by Hillary Clinton after Obama delivered remarks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in Philadelphia.Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 28, 2016 4:15 AM UTC As “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” played at the end of President Obama’s speech, Hillary Clinton emerged on stage. The former opponents touched foreheads and embraced before Obama put his arm around his former Secretary of State and led her to center stage. The two history-making presidential nominees held hands and waved as the crowd cheered. “Even in the midst of crisis, she listens to people. And she keeps her cool,” Obama said of Clinton earlier. “And no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits. That is the Hillary I know.” ### See Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Go From Rivals to Friends  June 2007 Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. adjust their seats at a Democratic presidential primary debate in Manchester, N.H. on June 3, 2007. Charles Krupa—AP  August 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama watches a broadcast of Hillary Clinton addressing the Democratic National Convention from a television in Billings, Mt. on Aug. 26, 2008. Emmanuel Dunand—AFP/Getty Images  August 2008 Hillary Clinton appears on screen as she asks for the rules of roll call to be suspended on day three of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver, on Aug. 27, 2008\. Clinton, Obama's former rival, rose on the floor of the DNC to ask that the roll-call vote be halted and Obama be named by acclamation. Matthew Staver—Bloomberg/Getty Images  October 2008 Then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., delivers a speech supporting then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., at a rally in Orlando, Fla. on Oct. 20, 2008. John Raoux—AP  October 2008 Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton attend a campaign rally together on Oct. 20, 2008 in Orlando, Fla. Joe Raedle—Getty Images  January 2009 In this photo released by the White House, President Barack Obama talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shortly after she was confirmed and sworn in, at the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 21, 2009 in Washington. Pete Souza—The White House/Getty Images  September 2010 President Barack Obama walks with then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton after he made a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Sept. 1, 2010. Charles Dharapak—AP  March 2011 President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attend a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on May 3, 2011. Charles Dharapak—AP  May 2011 In this photo released by the White House, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington on May 1, 2011.This photo WAS digitally altered by the White House to diffuse the information on the papers on the table. Pete Souza—The White House/AP  November 2012 President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive at Yangon International airport during his historical first visit to the country on Nov. 19, 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar. Paula Bronstein—Getty Images  January 2013 President Barack Obama greets then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton during the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21, 2013 in Washington when Obama was re-elected for a second term. Win McNamee—Getty Images  July 2016 President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wave to the crowd during a campaign rally for Clinton in Charlotte, N.C., on July 5, 2016. Chuck Burton—AP Obama’s speech lasted 45 minutes in primetime on the second to last night of the Democratic national Ccnvention. 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