--- title: Watch Hillary Clinton Concession Speech Following Trump Win description: Hillary Clinton will deliver her concession speech from 9.30am local time Wednesday, following her defeat to Donald Trump canonical: https://time.com/4564143/hillary-clinton-concession-speech/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-09T14:32:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:23:49.872Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech og:description: It's the first time she'll address her staff and supporters following her defeat og:url: https://time.com/4564143/hillary-clinton-concession-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta85d8cfea4910488/6988adcfcd1bba14517030c3/clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton addresses her staff and supporters about the results of the U.S. election at a hotel in New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech twitter:description: It's the first time she'll address her staff and supporters following her defeat twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta85d8cfea4910488/6988adcfcd1bba14517030c3/clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech Live by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Nov 9, 2016 2:32 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton addresses her staff and supporters about the results of the U.S. election as her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, applauds at a hotel in New York City, on Nov. 9, 2016. Hillary Clinton addresses her staff and supporters about the results of the U.S. election as her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, applauds at a hotel in New York City, on Nov. 9, 2016.Carlos Barria—Reuters by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Nov 9, 2016 2:32 PM UTC Hillary Clinton was expected to deliver her concession speech at approximately 10:30 a.m. EST Wednesday, from the New Yorker Hotel’s Grand Ballroom. It will be the first time that the former presidential candidate will publicly address her staff and supporters following her unexpected [defeat to Donald Trump](http://time.com/4563685/donald-trump-wins/?xid=homepage). **Read more:** [A Momentous Day: The Best Photographs](http://time.com/election-day-photos-2016/) Clinton had been expected to give the speech at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City during the night, when her loss became clear. Instead, John Podesta, her campaign manager, said there would be no announcement until the morning. “Well folks, I know we’ve been here a long time and I know it’s been a long night and I know it’s been a long campaign. But I know we can wait a little longer,” he told the crowd assembled at around 2am. “We will have more to say tomorrow.” Within the hour, Clinton called Trump to concede her defeat. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4564143/hillary-clinton-concession-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4564143/hillary-clinton-concession-speech/"},"headline":"Watch Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech Live","datePublished":"2016-11-09T14:32:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:23:49.872Z","description":"It's the first time she'll address her staff and supporters following her unexpected defeat","url":"https://time.com/4564143/hillary-clinton-concession-speech/","keywords":["2016 elections","Hillary Clinton"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta85d8cfea4910488/6988adcfcd1bba14517030c3/clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta85d8cfea4910488/6988adcfcd1bba14517030c3/clinton8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton addresses her staff and supporters about the results of the U.S. election at a hotel in New York","caption":"Hillary Clinton addresses her staff and supporters about the results of the U.S. election at a hotel in New York","creditText":"Carlos Barria—Reuters","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-elections/","name":"2016 elections"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4564143/hillary-clinton-concession-speech/","name":"Watch Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech Live"}}]}] ```