--- title: Hillary Clinton Shares Hope From Donald Trump’s Inauguration description: Hillary Clinton shared a hopeful message Friday as she awaited the official inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/4641001/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-inauguration/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-20T16:24:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:38:20.158Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Shares Hopeful Message From Donald Trump’s Inauguration og:description: "I will never stop believing in our country" og:url: https://time.com/4641001/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-inauguration/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8328f81b96fc607a/6988b660428a9eb8f5cd58c1/hillary-clinton-trump-inauguration.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Is Sworn In As 45th President Of The United States og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Shares Hopeful Message From Donald Trump’s Inauguration twitter:description: "I will never stop believing in our country" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8328f81b96fc607a/6988b660428a9eb8f5cd58c1/hillary-clinton-trump-inauguration.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Shares Hopeful Message From Donald Trump’s Inauguration  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 20, 2017 4:24 PM UTC  Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (L) and former President Bill Clinton arrive on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (L) and former President Bill Clinton arrive on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 20, 2017 4:24 PM UTC [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4627805/hillary-clinton-standing-ovation-color-purple/) shared a hopeful message Friday as she awaited the [official inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump](http://time.com/4640703/donald-trump-inauguration-day-2017/?xid=homepage), who beat her months ago in a grueling race for the nation’s highest public office. Clinton was among the thousands who gathered near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., where Trump is set to soon take his oath of office and be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. “I’m here today to honor our democracy & its enduring values. I will never stop believing in our country & its future,” the former Democratic presidential candidate [wrote](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/822472212569616385) on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/822472212569616385) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4641001/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-inauguration/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4641001/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-inauguration/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Shares Hopeful Message From Donald Trump’s Inauguration","datePublished":"2017-01-20T16:24:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:38:20.158Z","description":"\"I will never stop believing in our country\"","url":"https://time.com/4641001/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-inauguration/","keywords":["Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8328f81b96fc607a/6988b660428a9eb8f5cd58c1/hillary-clinton-trump-inauguration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8328f81b96fc607a/6988b660428a9eb8f5cd58c1/hillary-clinton-trump-inauguration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Is Sworn In As 45th President Of The United States","caption":"Donald Trump Is Sworn In As 45th President Of The United States","creditText":"Win McNamee—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/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4641001/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-inauguration/","name":"Hillary Clinton Shares Hopeful Message From Donald Trump’s Inauguration"}}]}] ```