--- title: Zach Galifianakis on the Clinton Between 2 Ferns Interview description: During her interview with comedian Zach Galifianakis for 'Between Two Ferns,' Clinton had a hard stop when it came to one subject. canonical: https://time.com/4723794/zach-galifianakis-on-hillary-clinton/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-03T21:32:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:33.976Z og:title: Here's What Hillary Clinton Refused to Say on Camera og:description: Remember that 'Between Two Ferns' interview with Zach Galifianakis? og:url: https://time.com/4723794/zach-galifianakis-on-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What Hillary Clinton Refused to Say on Camera twitter:description: Remember that 'Between Two Ferns' interview with Zach Galifianakis? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's What Hillary Clinton Refused to Say About Trump in That 'Between Two Ferns' Interview > Sponsored content. 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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that she thinks President Trump is making a "grave mistake" on foreign aid._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 3, 2017 9:32 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 3, 2017 9:32 PM UTC When Hillary Clinton appeared on comedian [Zach Galifianakis’s parody talk show](http://time.com/4504137/hillary-clinton-between-two-ferns-zach-galifianakis/?iid=sr-link1) “Between Two Ferns” in September 2016, the uncomfortably funny interview turned at one point to clothing choice of the two presidential nominees for their upcoming debates. After discussing Clinton’s [iconic pantsuits](http://time.com/money/4561339/white-pantsuit-hillary-clinton-president-fashion/), Galifianakis pondered what then-nominees Trump would consider wearing. “I assume he’ll wear that red power tie,” Clinton mused. “Or maybe a white power tie,” Galifianakis responded provocatively. “That’s even more appropriate,” agreed Clinton. As it turns out, this particular piece of deadpan banter was not an off-the-cuff remark. In a [new oral history](https://www.wired.com/2017/04/an-oral-history-of-funny-or-die/) of the comedy site _Funny or Die_, Galifianakis and “Between Two Ferns” director Scott Aukerman reflect on the process of putting together the Clinton interview, which has racked up nearly 15 million views on YouTube. According to Aukerman, the final six-minute cut was mostly improvised; the two shot an hour of footage, of which “maybe five minutes” was scripted, he said. “But I did try to get her to say the punch line about Donald Trump’s ‘white-power tie,’” Galifianakis explained further. “She said, ‘It would be better if _you_ did it.'” In the end, of course, the [politican](http://time.com/4716072/hillary-clinton-san-francisco-speech-donald-trump/) won out against Galifianakis. Galifianakis also recounted a part of the interview that was scrapped, involving a faxed-in question. “And there was just the noise of the fax machine while I was trying to make small talk with her. That was probably the happiest I’ve been performing in a long time,” he shared. Relive the full satirical interview, above. ## Transcript [00:00] We are seeing signals of a shift that should alarm us [00:04] all. This administrations proposed cuts to international [00:08] health, development and diplomacy would be a blow [00:11] to women and children and a grave [00:16] mistake for our country. Some of you may have seen [00:19] the recent letter. For more than 120 retired [00:24] Generals and Admirals to congress in the [00:26] administration, urging the congress and the white [00:30] house not to retreat from these programs which [00:34] represent our values. These distinguished men and [00:37] women who served in uniform recognize that turning [00:40] our back on diplomacy won't make our. Country safer, [00:44] it will undermine our security and our standing in the [00:47] world. Defense Secretary Mattis said it [00:51] well when he said if you cut funds to the State [00:54] Department, that means he has to buy more [00:57] ammunition. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4723794/zach-galifianakis-on-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4723794/zach-galifianakis-on-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Here's What Hillary Clinton Refused to Say About Trump in That 'Between Two Ferns' Interview","datePublished":"2017-04-03T21:32:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:33.976Z","description":"Remember that 'Between Two Ferns' interview with Zach Galifianakis?","url":"https://time.com/4723794/zach-galifianakis-on-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Hillary Clinton","politics","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4723794/zach-galifianakis-on-hillary-clinton/","name":"Here's What Hillary Clinton Refused to Say About Trump in That 'Between Two Ferns' Interview"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hillary Clinton Warns President Trump of 'Grave Mistake' on Foreign Aid","description":"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that she thinks President Trump is making a \"grave mistake\" on foreign aid.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xtR7y2pa/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-03-31T16:05:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xtR7y2pa.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4723794/zach-galifianakis-on-hillary-clinton/","duration":"PT59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4723794/zach-galifianakis-on-hillary-clinton/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```