Hillary Clinton threw the most delicious shade at Trump during her speech at Rutgers last night

It has been more than a year since the venomous 2016 presidential election concluded, but animosity between Hillary Clinton and President Donald Trump still lingers. The president continues to make references to “Crooked Hillary” and has urged the FBI to investigate the Clinton Foundation. And in an appearance at Rutgers University last night, March 29th, Clinton fired back at her critics — including Trump himself.

During Clinton’s Q&A session, the former secretary of state recalled facing Trump in the presidential debates. And in particular, she said that the then-candidate had made fun of her for preparing in advance.

"Trump said, 'Yeah, you actually prepared for this debate,'" Clinton recalled. "At first I thought, 'that's a new insult.'"

Amid laughter from the crowd, Clinton continued by taking a jab at Trump.

"I'll tell you what else I prepared for, I was prepared to be president," the former candidate said, to applause.

But Clinton didn’t just talk about the ways Trump has demeaned her. As the first female presidential candidate from one of the country’s two major political parties, Clinton has said that she was often treated unfairly. And she argued that the double standards she faced didn’t just apply during the campaign. The former presidential candidate pointed out that while many of her critics have told her to “shut up” after her loss, former male candidates have not been subjected to the same criticism.

Hillary Clinton walks off like a rock star after her conversation with Ruth Mandel, Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics @RutgersU talking about politics, American democracy, her career and women’s role in the political movement at the Rutgers Athletic Center. pic.twitter.com/x5JHNyMrEf

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"I was really struck by how people said that to me — you know, mostly people in the press, for whatever reason — mostly, ‘Go away, go away,'" Clinton told the crowd. "And I had one of the young people who works for me go back and do a bit of research. They never said that to any man who was not elected. I was kind of struck by that."

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The politician went on to talk about how glad she was that others who had lost presidential elections had continued in politics. She cited the examples of John McCain, Mitt Romney, John Kerry, and Al Gore as men who have continued to speak up after they lost.

Even though she ultimately lost the 2016 election, Clinton’s campaign for president was still an important step for women. And seeing Hillary at Rutgers demonstrated just how much that’s true. We admire Clinton for speaking out against sexism in politics, and we hope she continues to ignore those who tell her to “shut up.”