Hillary Clinton Says She Won't Engage in Donald Trump 'Insult Fest'

ByMEGHAN KENEALLY ABCNews logo
Monday, July 25, 2016

Hillary Clinton says she will not respond to the repeated name-calling from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump or make a name for him, the way he calls her "Crooked Hillary," she said in an interview with CBS "60 Minutes."

"I don't call him anything, and I'm not going to engage in that kind of insult fest that he seems to thrive on," Clinton said. "So whatever he says about me, he's perfectly free to use up his own air time and his own space."

Clinton was joined in the interview by her newly-minted running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, for their first joint interview as the Democratic presidential ticket.

Kaine chimed in to say that while Clinton is letting the "water go off her back on this," that's not the way he feels.

"When I see this, you know, 'Crooked Hillary,' or I see the, 'Lock her up,' it's just ridiculous. It is ridiculous," he said. "I just, you know, it is beneath the character of the kind of dialogue we should have. Because we got real serious problems to solve. And look, most of us stopped the name-calling thing about fifth grade."

A clip of the "60 Minutes" interview was released in advance, but the full interview will air Sunday night.

Clinton announced that she had chosen Kaine as her vice president on Friday night and the pair attended their first joint appearance on Saturday afternoon in Miami.

Clinton and Kaine's interview comes a week after Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, sat down with "60 Minutes" as well.

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