Hillary Clinton jokes about going as 'the president' for Halloween

Does she mean President Trump or Clinton?
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Sasha Lekach
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Hillary Clinton jokes about going as 'the president' for Halloween
If you want to live in an alternative timeline and go as Madam President, you can too. There's also the Trump option, but just don't. Credit: Christian Torres/AP/REX/Shutterstock

Hillary Clinton needs a last-minute Halloween costume, and she's joked that she'll be "the president."

At a book tour event in Chicago Monday night, moderator Cheryl Strayed asked Clinton about her Halloween plans. Clinton mulled it over before giving this answer: "I'm thinking I will maybe come as the president."

Here's the moment:

This could be interpreted as dressing up as President Trump, or as her supporters wishfully thought, she might've meant what could have been: Madam President.

It's funny timing either way with Fox News host Sean Hannity accidentally calling her President Clinton Monday night.

Happy Halloween!

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Sasha Lekach

Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.

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