Hillary Clinton gloated after Democrats seized control of the House and Senate following last Tuesday’s midterm elections. The twice failed presidential hopeful used the outcome to attack President Trump and celebrate Democratic candidates during a podcast appearance.

Clinton made the remarks on “On with Kara Swisher,” where host Kara Swisher opened the post election conversation with a provocative reference to Trump’s 2005 conversation with television host Billy Bush. The recording became a major campaign story in October 2016.

Swisher referenced Trump’s “grab her by the p*ssy” Hollywood Access tape, which Clinton released as an October surprise during the 2016 presidential campaign. Clinton’s campaign released the video through the Washington Post.

The recording captured Trump and Bush having  a private conversation about groupies. The tape was intended to deliver a damaging late campaign blow against Trump as he faced Clinton in the presidential race.

“I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything…. Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything,” Trump told Billy Bush in the recording.

Clinton’s October surprise did not produce the outcome her campaign wanted. Trump went on to win the 2016 presidential election in a landslide, leaving Clinton and her campaign with a high profile political defeat.

Swisher revived the language from that recording while introducing Clinton after the latest midterm results. Her question framed the Democratic victories as political retaliation against Trump and his movement.

The podcast host addressed Clinton by her former title before asking whether the moment represented the reversal Democrats had been seeking. The setup gave Clinton an opening to launch directly into an attack on Trump.

“So Madam Secretary, has the pussy finally grabbed back?” Kara Swisher asked Hillary.

Clinton responded by describing the Democratic takeover of the House and Senate as a sweeping rejection of Trump. She also targeted the president’s supporters and the policies he has pursued.

“This is a total rebuke of Donald Trump and his cult and the many wrongheaded evil policies that he’s inflicted on us and the world,” Clinton added.

Her answer moved beyond Trump personally and praised the Democratic candidates who competed in the midterms. Clinton pointed specifically to their campaigns and their focus on affordability and corruption.

“But it’s also a real tribute to Democratic candidates and the campaigns they ran and how strong they were on the main issues of affordability and corruption. We had to finally lift the poisonous cloud that Trump has put over our heads for the last ten long years, but we also have a new crop of very exciting public servants,” Hillary Clinton said.

Hillary Clinton on the midterms: “This is a total rebuke of Donald Trump and his cult and the many wrongheaded evil policies that he’s inflicted on us and the world. But it’s also a real tribute to Democratic candidates and the campaigns they ran and how strong they were on the main issues of affordability and corruption. We had to finally lift the poisonous cloud that Trump has put over our heads for the last ten long years, but we also have a new crop of very exciting public servants”

— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) November 6, 2026

Clinton’s comments placed the election results and her criticism of Trump within the same political message. She portrayed the Democratic victories as both a rejection of Trump and an endorsement of the candidates her party put forward.

The former presidential candidate credited those Democrats with running strong campaigns on the issues she identified. At the same time, she used highly charged language to describe Trump’s influence over the country during the previous ten years.

The podcast exchange also returned Clinton to one of the most memorable controversies of the 2016 campaign. The tape that was supposed to serve as her October surprise became Swisher’s chosen device for celebrating the latest Democratic election results.

Clinton did not hold back in her assessment, calling Trump’s policies wrongheaded and evil while labeling his supporters a cult. Her response reflected the openly triumphant tone surrounding the Democratic takeover described after last Tuesday’s elections.

For Clinton, the results supplied another opportunity to take a swipe at the president who defeated her in 2016. This time, she celebrated Democratic control of both chambers while praising what she called a new crop of exciting public servants.

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