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Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton left Kirkland House at Harvard on Friday.

The Internet sure loves moments of political pathos, and it got what it was looking for Friday thanks to Hillary Clinton and a newspaper headline.

It was revealed earlier this week that Vice President Mike Pence had used an AOL e-mail account to conduct official government business. That account was hacked sometime early in 2016.

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During last years presidential campaign, Pence lambasted Clinton, then the Democratic nominee for the White House, for her use of a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of state, an issue that dogged her throughout the election season.

So when Clinton was photographed aboard a Boston-to-New York flight considering a USA Today headline that read Pence used personal email in office, the online masses acted accordingly. Which is to say, they ate it up.

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One tweet of the photo had 16,000 retweets as of Saturday night.

Clinton was in town Friday for a private event at Harvard University, where she spoke about her time as secretary of state.

On Thursday, she appeared at a private event at Wellesley College, her alma mater.

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Pence, for his part, has said that there is no comparison whatsoever between his use of a private e-mail and Clintons use of a private e-mail server, according to CNN.

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