Hillary Clinton Distracts Potential Voters With Texts During Republican Debate

Democratic presidential candidate appeals to fans with personal messages while opponents attend televised event

Private email servers may be off limits for Hillary Clinton, but no one ever said anything about personal cell phones.

While Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio were busy taking jabs at each other during Wednesday night's third Republican debate, the 68-year-old democratic presidential hopeful aired her political concerns to constituents off-camera.

An hour after all 10 lead Republican candidates took the CNBC stage, a tweet arrived from Clinton's campaign camp urging voters to turn their attention to their cell phone screens. 

"Text WATCH to 47246 to get live texts from Hillary during the #GOPDebate!" the tweet said. 

Shortly after, those who followed the simple directions started receiving messages corresponding with what the candidates were saying on stage, all signed by "H." While they included most of Clinton's typical democratic talking points, they were delivered with a dash of flair. 

"For a surgeon, Ben Carson has a pretty poor diagnosis," she sent when he began addressing health care.

"Seems to me: 10 candidates. 0 new ideas." Zing!

Those are definitely fighting words, Madam Secretary.

In addition to her private conversations with the public, she also appealed to the overall Twittersphere with tweets on a variety of topics, including women's health, "risky behavior" on Wall Street and even an appeal to the Hispanic community with a tweet entirely in Spanish. 

"Las mujeres deberían de ganar lo mismo por hacer el mismo trabajo que los hombres. Punto. #GOPdebate," she tweeted, roughly translating to "Women should earn the same amount for doing the same work as men." 

Sure, Rubio is being hailed as the breakout star of this third round—and Bush as the unfortunate loser—but Clinton said her peace without ever having to leave her house. Who's the real winner now?