--- title: DNC: Hillary Clinton Convention Speech Livestream description: Hillary Clinton will formally accept the Democratic Party's nomination for President on Thursday night. Watch it live here. canonical: https://time.com/4429149/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-livestream/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T18:13:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:38:06.777Z article:section: Politics og:title: DNC: Hillary Clinton Convention Speech Livestream og:description: The Democratic convention has been defined in large part by a more sunny outlook for America og:url: https://time.com/4429149/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d9933992b409f45/69889ff0cf40a84290c443cf/a6308683.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL DNC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: DNC: Hillary Clinton Convention Speech Livestream twitter:description: The Democratic convention has been defined in large part by a more sunny outlook for America twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d9933992b409f45/69889ff0cf40a84290c443cf/a6308683.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Hillary Clinton Speaks at the Democratic National Convention by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 28, 2016 6:13 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton joins President Barack Obama on stage after he spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016. Hillary Clinton joins President Barack Obama on stage after he spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016.Benjamin Lowy for TIME by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 28, 2016 6:13 PM UTC [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4416693/hillary-clinton-hardest-to-know/?) will formally accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for President on Thursday night. The former First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State will cap the four-day Democratic National Convention with a primetime speech in Philadelphia. Following testimonials on her behalf in recent days from President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, former President Bill Clinton and others, Hillary Clinton will be introduced Thursday by her daughter Chelsea. The Democratic convention has been defined in large part by [a more sunny outlook for America](http://time.com/4427786/dnc-barack-obama-hillary-clinton/?xid=homepage) than what a top Clinton aide called [the “doom and gloom” of Donald Trump’s Republican convention](http://time.com/4421880/democratic-convention-tone-robby-mook/). You can [watch](http://time.com/4422472/dnc-hillary-clinton-livestream/) Clinton’s speech, along with all the other convention speeches Thursday, live above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4429149/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-livestream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4429149/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-livestream/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Hillary Clinton Speaks at the Democratic National Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-28T18:13:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:38:06.777Z","description":"The Democratic convention has been defined in large part by a more sunny outlook for America","url":"https://time.com/4429149/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-livestream/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d9933992b409f45/69889ff0cf40a84290c443cf/a6308683.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d9933992b409f45/69889ff0cf40a84290c443cf/a6308683.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL DNC","caption":"Hillary Clinton joins President Barack Obama on stage after he spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016.","creditText":"Benjamin Lowy for TIME","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":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4429149/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-livestream/","name":"Watch Live: Hillary Clinton Speaks at the Democratic National Convention"}}]}] ```