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What happens when candidates try to use emojis

It started out with a simple enough question from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to her followers on Twitter:

A few people took the question seriously:

There was also some predictable backlash to the question:

And of course some pointed out the, ahem, grammar problem with original tweet:

But at the end of the day, Clinton - or the person managing her Twitter account - wanted to let everyone know they knew it was a bit of a disaster:

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