Hillary Clinton burst through Alicia Keys' Democratic convention performance

Luckily, it was all fake glass.
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Peter Allen Clark
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At the very end of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, Hillary Clinton made a surprise experience during the end of Alicia Keys' performance.

Following a long day including the official roll call nomination of Clinton and speeches praising Clinton's capacity for leadership, Keys took the stage with a backing band to play a medley of songs including "Superman" and "Girl on Fire."

As Keys dramatically played drums, the screens behind her lit up in digital frames featuring all the former presidents before the cracking sound of glass was heard and the screen appeared to shatter to reveal Clinton, via satellite from New York.


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Don't worry, it was only a video effect.

It was a reference to the glass ceiling of the presidency that Clinton considers herself very close to breaking, having become the first woman ever nominated as the presidential candidate for a major American political party.

While Donald Trump made his presence known all four nights of the Republican National Convention, it looks like Clinton couldn't restrain herself either, and didn't want to wait for her speech Thursday night.

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