With a presidential announcement from Hillary Clinton
considered imminent, Saturday Night Live joined in the fun of Hillary-mania
last night with a cold open that imagines what it’s like behind-the-scenes at
Clinton’s Brooklyn campaign headquarters.
The former Secretary of State, played by cast member Kate
McKinnon, is shown rather hilariously attempting to record her campaign
announcement on a cellphone camera with the help of an advisor played by
Vanessa Bayer, who continuously encourages Clinton to appear “softer” on camera
after praising her with a delightfully punny “Oh Hillary, you put the ‘Hil’ in
“Hilarious.’”
Other go-ahead-and-try-not-to-laugh-out-loud highlights from
the segment include Clinton’s vocal warm-up exercises (“First female president,
first female president, me me me me me!”) and her initial attempt at accessibly
addressing her potential constituents: “CITIZENS! You will elect me! I will be
your leader!”
As Hillary-in-the-form-of-Kate-McKinnon moves on to begin
discussing women’s rights, her husband Bill Clinton appears, played by Darrell
Hammond, to drop his own bon mots: "Hillary would make a great president. And I
would make an even better first dude."
Are you ready for Hillary? You better be, because as McKinnon says, “Buckle up America, because the Clintons are
back!”