Hillary Clinton is on the cover of this week's People magazine with a bright smile and one her strongest comments yet that she is indeed preparing to run for president.
The focus for many on Wednesday, however, was a detail toward the bottom of the picture of the former U.S. secretary of state.
Keen-eyed observers have noted that the way the picture has been cropped left Clinton looking a little like she was leaning on a walker. Her hands, in reality, were on a chair, the magazine told The Wall Street Journal.
Twitter quickly lit up with jokes about the picture. Clinton's age and health have been topics of debate as she has moved to the head of the pack for the Democratic nomination for the presidency.
It was enough for conservative news site Drudge Report to pull out its siren.
PHOTO: IS CLINTON HOLDING A WALKER? http://t.co/gvOS7VxEVq— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) June 4, 2014
The National Journal bluntly asked in February "
">Is Hillary Clinton Too Old to Run?" The Journal noted that she would be the second oldest president to take office, although the piece also reasoned that she is not too old. The Upshot found that voter preference on age tended to swing with partisanship.
In the interview, Clinton said "we need to break that highest, hardest glass ceiling," which one could reasonably translate to mean the presidency. Clinton also spoke about the scandal involving husband and former president Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, saying she has "moved on."
Twitter did what Twitter does best with the situation surrounding the picture: photoshop.
i knew the truth would come out cc: @ElaheIzadi pic.twitter.com/457IGBMPTU— darth™ (@darth) June 4, 2014
EXCLUSIVE: Zoomed out People cover shows that Clinton really was leaning on a walker: pic.twitter.com/7FcfNuWG7v— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) June 4, 2014