Hillary Clinton says 'you have no idea' how much she wanted to tell Trump to shut up during 2016 debate

The president interrupted Ms Clinton 51 times during their debate
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Luke O'Reilly30 September 2020

Hillary Clinton has admitted she would have loved to have told Donald Trump to "shut up" during their presidential debate in 2016.

President Trump bulldozed his way through the debate , interrupting the democrat nominee almost every time he spoke.

Moderator Chris Wallace was unable to establish control of the debate, with Trump repeatedly ignoring his calls to let Mr Biden speak.

The two White House contenders talked over each other and lobbed insults throughout the 90-minute debate.

At one point, an exasperated Biden said after Trump's repeated interruptions: "Will you shut up, man? This is so unpresidential."

Jill Filipovic then tweeted that Biden's remark was the line of the night, before adding in a follow up tweet: "I feel so sorry for Hillary right now because I’m positive she wanted to say that and couldn’t."

In response, Ms Clinton commented: “You have no idea.”

Ms Clinton made history by becoming the first woman to lead a major party’s ticket
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As the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, Ms Clinton made history by becoming the first woman to lead a major party’s ticket.

During her first debate with Mr Trump he interrupted her 51 times.

Ms Clinton’s unexpected defeat at the hands of Mr Trump in 2016 handed the White House back to the Republicans.

Although she beat Mr Trump by three million votes in the 2016 popular vote, he won comfortably in the all-important Electoral College by taking several key states, notably in the Rust Belt.