--- title: Read Hillary Clinton's Press Conference About NBC Forum description: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton criticized Donald Trump's answers at the NBC commander in chief forum in a press conference. canonical: https://time.com/4484204/hillary-clinton-white-plains-press-conference-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-08T17:29:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:39.929Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Clinton's Press Conference About the NBC Forum og:description: She argued Trump was "totally inappropriate and undisciplined." og:url: https://time.com/4484204/hillary-clinton-white-plains-press-conference-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddd3a61c34c06386/6988a5450a4a22ff489cb304/gettyimages-600356636-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to reporters on the tarmac at Westchester County Airport on September 8, 2016 in White Plains, New York. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Clinton's Press Conference About the NBC Forum twitter:description: She argued Trump was "totally inappropriate and undisciplined." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddd3a61c34c06386/6988a5450a4a22ff489cb304/gettyimages-600356636-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Hillary Clinton's Press Conference About the Foreign Policy Forum > Sponsored content. 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Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to reporters on the tarmac at Westchester County Airport on September 8, 2016 in White Plains, New York. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Sep 8, 2016 5:29 PM UTC Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton [criticized Donald Trump’s answers](http://time.com/4483924/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-security-briefing/) at the NBC commander in chief forum in a press conference Thursday morning. Speaking in front of her campaign jet on a tarmac in White Plains, New York, Clinton argued that Trump was “totally inappropriate and undisciplined” when he discussed a recent classified intelligence briefing. “I would never comment on any aspect of an intelligence briefing that I received,” she said. 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