--- title: Hillary Clinton Says She's Fine, 'Anxious' to Campaign description: Hillary Clinton tweeted Monday that she was feeling better after being diagnosed with pneumonia this weekend canonical: https://time.com/4488586/hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia-tweet/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-12T21:19:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:38.764Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Says She's Fine: 'I'm Just Anxious to Get Back Out There' og:description: Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia og:url: https://time.com/4488586/hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0d781d35a18f364/6988a5af97cdfff58a6adc1e/clinton-health.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4500 og:image:height: 2531 og:image:alt: Clinton-health og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Says She's Fine: 'I'm Just Anxious to Get Back Out There' twitter:description: Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0d781d35a18f364/6988a5af97cdfff58a6adc1e/clinton-health.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Says She's Fine: 'I'm Just Anxious to Get Back Out There' > Sponsored content. 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Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Sep 12, 2016 9:19 PM UTC Hillary Clinton said Monday that she is “feeling fine and getting better,” after the campaign disclosed that the Democratic presidential nominee had [been diagnosed with pneumonia](http://time.com/4487964/hillary-clinton-health-information/?xid=homepage). “Like anyone who’s ever been home sick from work, I’m just anxious to get back out there,” Clinton wrote on Twitter. “See you on the trail soon.” On Sunday, the candidate left a ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City early after she became overheated. Video later surfaced that appeared to show Clinton stumbling and possibly faint as she got into her vehicle. The campaign said it [will release more information about Clinton’s health later this week](http://time.com/4487964/hillary-clinton-health-information/?xid=homepage). > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/775435854466744320) Earlier on Monday, her opponent Donald Trump [wished her well](http://time.com/4487240/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia/?xid=homepage) during an appearance on _Fox & Friends_. “Something’s going on,” Trump said. “I just hope she gets well and gets back on the trail and we’ll be seeing her at the debate.” > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/775435555601543168) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4488586/hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4488586/hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia-tweet/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Says She's Fine: 'I'm Just Anxious to Get Back Out There'","datePublished":"2016-09-12T21:19:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:38.764Z","description":"Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia","url":"https://time.com/4488586/hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia-tweet/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0d781d35a18f364/6988a5af97cdfff58a6adc1e/clinton-health.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0d781d35a18f364/6988a5af97cdfff58a6adc1e/clinton-health.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Clinton-health","caption":"Hillary Clinton leaves her daughter's apartment building after resting on Sept. 11, 2016, in New York.","creditText":"Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images","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/4488586/hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia-tweet/","name":"Hillary Clinton Says She's Fine: 'I'm Just Anxious to Get Back Out There'"}}]}] ```