Twitter is increasingly becoming the best place to keep up with the two candidates who ran for president this year. Your political leanings will no doubt help you decide whose presence you prefer on the social media platform — President-elect Donald Trump, or the Democrat he defeated, Hillary Clinton.
And while Trump’s peculiar tweets keep coming despite what some might consider more pressing matters at hand — like assembling the people to run the government — Clinton is mostly showing up in our feeds thanks to folks who keep running into her in the woods or out shopping.
A new Twitter feed called HRC In The Wild, and its accompanying hashtag, has sprung up as a way to collect what seems to be a good amount of photos of Clinton and selfies with Clinton. The presidential hopeful was famously spotted hiking with Bill Clinton in the woods near their Chappaqua, N.Y., home on the Thursday after the election. Margot Gerster posted a photo from the encounter on Facebook.
Mother and Daughter Hikers Run Into Hillary Clinton in the Woods https://t.co/HzSHC9obDS
— GabyfcNY (@gabyfcNY) November 12, 2016
From there, others who came upon Clinton in grocery stores and book shops and, again in the woods, shared their images. The former secretary of state always appeared gracious and smiling despite her admitted grief and anger over losing to Trump.
Longtime Clinton aide Adam Parkhomenko told CNET that he started @HRCintheWild “because everyone seemed to be getting a smile from the photos.”
Because it’s the internet, some of those smiles could come from the work of creative types having fun with Clinton sightings:
while we don't believe this to be authentic, thank you for passing along. pic.twitter.com/cLsl9QOP2K
— HRC In The Wild ? (@HRCintheWild) November 29, 2016
But the majority of the posts shared on @HRCintheWild show folks who are genuinely pleased to run into one another:
The woman in the sun glasses received more votes for president than any white male that has ever run for the office in our history. pic.twitter.com/lPpWWvb2LO
— HRC In The Wild ? (@HRCintheWild) November 29, 2016
@yashar I said we worked so hard, that she was undiminished in our hearts- she said- Don't be discouraged, never give up. pic.twitter.com/V3stUkFTVN
— Mortons East (@MortonsEast) November 24, 2016
Good morning ☕️ pic.twitter.com/SQGoWSb0zT
— HRC In The Wild ? (@HRCintheWild) November 29, 2016
When you go pick up your pie and the entire Clinton family is shopping 2#shopsmallbusiness #looksgreat#happythanksgiving @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/L9zQWLJlB2
— Linda (@lindapmgbosco) November 23, 2016
Hillary Clinton is spotted at a bookstore in Rhode Island https://t.co/dlcJcKXpgn pic.twitter.com/6HUgrnMbuc
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/802327573690744832
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 28, 2016
Another Clinton sighting. This time at the market in Chappaqua. pic.twitter.com/xvAtGWGgCR
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) November 24, 2016
3,000 + followers in 24 hours. Love the grassroots ❤️ here's a great one from the soups and cooked foods aisle as she makes her way around! pic.twitter.com/6RIjhJom4K
— HRC In The Wild ? (@HRCintheWild) November 29, 2016
