Hillary Clinton seemed astounded by all of the balloons at the DNC


So many balloons fell from the ceiling at the end of her speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night that Hillary Clinton seemingly didn't know what to do with them all.
She pointed at some:
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Grabbed others:
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Stared in awe at a few:
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Looked at some like they were Donald Trump:
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Walked gingerly through a sea of many:
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And finally just disappeared for awhile:
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Meanwhile, former President Bill Clinton was playing it cool. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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