Earlier today, we reported on the revelation that former FBI director James Comey and Donald Trump’s awkward post-election bro-hug was a result of Comey’s reticence toward being seen embracing the man he was thought to have helped elect. Thus Comey uses his larger vantage point to maintain a handshake even as Trump moves in to create a hug. Thus: a perfect bro-hug. (This reticence is also why Comey tried, in vain, to blend in with a curtain in the White House.)
It turns out that Hillary Clinton, too, was prepared to avoid a Trump hug. Today her former advisor Philippe Reines tweeted some behind-the-scenes footage of a debate prep session. In it, the team’s Trump stand-in moves in for an aggressive, domineering hug, which she tactfully evades, then just flat-out runs away from.