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Politics
Michael A. Memoli

Hillary Clinton addresses convention for first time to close second night

PHILADELPHIA _ After a rousing speech from her husband and a musical flourish from Alicia Keys, along came the nominee.

Hillary Clinton appeared Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention via video stream, figuratively breaking through a montage of all 44 male presidents.

"I can't believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling," Clinton said from New York. "This is really your victory, this is really your night."

Despite the late hour, she added a message for some of the younger viewers who stayed up to watch the night's proceedings.

"I may become the first woman president, but one of you is next," she said, as the camera panned out to show her standing alongside a young girl.

Clinton isn't scheduled to appear at the convention in person until Thursday. But in 2008 and 2012, President Barack Obama made cameos in the arena after the final speeches on the convention's third night _ Joe Biden's in 2008 and Bill Clinton's in 2012.

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