Elections

People Can’t Stop Talking About How Rough Hillary Clinton Looked In Her First Public Appearance

Hillary Clinton pauses as she speaks at the Children's Defense Fund Beat the Odds Celebration at the Newseum in Washington on November 16, 2016. (YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)

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Kaitlan Collins Contributor
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Hillary Clinton caught everyone’s attention when she made her first public appearance on Wednesday night since losing the presidential election.

(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Democratic nominee held back tears as she spoke about her bruising defeat while addressing a gala held for the Children’s Defense Fund in Washington.

“Now I will admit, coming here tonight wasn’t the easiest thing for me,” Clinton said. “There have been a few times this past week when all I wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again.”

(Photo: YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)

(Photo: YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)

(Photo: YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)

(Photo: YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)

(Photo: GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)

(Photo: GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)

“I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election,” she said.

“I am, too, more than I can ever express. I know this isn’t easy. I know that over the past week, a lot of people have asked themselves whether America was the country we thought it was.”

(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

(Photo: YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)

(Photo: YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)

“But as I said last week: our campaign was never about one person or even one election,” Clinton said. “It was about the country we love and about building an America that is hopeful, inclusive, and bighearted.”

Twitter couldn’t help but notice Clinton’s appearance.