Once Hillary Clinton’s official announcement went online, social media responded in a big way, with terms like “Hillary Clinton,” “#Hillary2016,” and yes, even “#WhyImNotVotingforHillaryClinton” trending.
Certainly, you couldn’t go far on Twitter (even before Clinton tweeted her announcement), without an opinion or thought on her new campaign (there were over 3 million views of her announcment tweets in one hour, and 750,000 Facebook video views so far by Sunday evening).
Some tweeted their immediate support, with one word:
Others were a tad more verbose.
Others were less than impressed, of course, or found the whole thing anticlimactic:
And along came the remixes and memes:
Yes, that brand new campaign logo got a lot of reaction: Wikileaks even claimed it was stolen.
Leave it also to social media to be the ultimate editor: there was an unfortunate typo in Clinton’s press release.
