Hillary Clinton's live-tweeting of Thursday's GOP debate was a beautiful mess

Hillary Clinton live-tweeted the GOP debate — (Image credit: Twitter/@HillaryClinton)

While the four remaining Republican presidential candidates were duking it out in Detroit on Thursday night, likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was shooting colorful spitballs from her Twitter account. She (or maybe an aide who runs her social media) professed to be bored with the brawling and yelling:

But when the Fox News moderators turned to social questions, Team Clinton just unleashed a dash of sass:

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The Republicans will have their chance to sass Clinton back when she debates Bernie Sanders on Sunday.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.