Like her fellow Americans, Hillary Clinton watched the largely uneventful CNBC GOP Debate, and she dispatched her live thoughts on her Twitter page throughout the evening. Clinton gave her blow-by-blow thoughts on all the issues covered by the debate, but what really got tongues wagging was this particular GIF of Clinton giving the brush off to the evening’s events.
#GOPdebate pic.twitter.com/rBT90JvCmM
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 29, 2015
This moment, of course, was lifted directly from Clinton’s recent 11-hour Benghazi hearing. Reframing the GIF as a reaction to the GOP debate was not only a humorous touch, but it was also an inventive way to harness some social media juice. Clinton showed that she can roll with the Internet and re-characterize her own uncomfortable, drawn-out experience on the hot seat in a memed up way.