--- title: Presidential Debate: Hillary Clinton Criticizes Donald Trump description: Clinton said Sunday that she had warned for months that this is who Trump is canonical: https://time.com/4524409/watch-hillary-clinton-criticize-donald-trump-debate/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-10T02:12:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:30.615Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Hillary Clinton Criticize Donald Trump Over Video Leak og:description: "It's clear to anyone that heard it that it represents exactly who he is" og:url: https://time.com/4524409/watch-hillary-clinton-criticize-donald-trump-debate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4c36eb5565fdf9a/6988a94997cdff03456ae1b1/hillar-clinton-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Hillary Clinton Criticize Donald Trump Over Video Leak twitter:description: "It's clear to anyone that heard it that it represents exactly who he is" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4c36eb5565fdf9a/6988a94997cdff03456ae1b1/hillar-clinton-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Hillary Clinton Criticize Donald Trump Over Lewd Video at the Debate > Sponsored content. 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Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 10, 2016 2:12 AM UTC Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton criticized Donald Trump for sexually charged comments he made in leaked footage at Sunday’s presidential debate. “I think it’s clear to anyone that heard it that it represents exactly who he is,” Clinton said. “We have seen him insult women. We’ve seen him rate women on their appearance, ranking them 1 to 10 … So yes, this is who Donald Trump is.” Clinton was responding to the news of the moment, leaked footage from 2005 of Trump making lewd comments about women. She said that this shouldn’t come as a shock to voters and that she had been preaching for months against the dangers of voting Republican this election. “I said starting back in June that he was not fit to be Commander in Chief,” Clinton said. 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