Clinton caught on hot mic, unknowingly shares good things

Like most politicians, Hillary Clinton is not afraid to speak her mind when a mic is turned off.

Unfortunately, sometimes it’s left on.

The Washington Post posted audio from a commercial break at Monday night’s MSNBC Democratic town hall at Ohio State University in which she and Hardball host Chris Matthews chatted away to kill the time. And some of it was illuminating, like the conversation about Donald Trump and his new sidekick, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

“You guys can’t stop covering (Trump),” Clinton said to Matthews. “He is a dangerous presence.”

Matthews seemed to put the onus on the viewer. “Nobody can tell what people want to watch,” he said. “They laugh at him.”

The conversation then shifted to Christie, with Clinton asking why he’s supporting Trump. “Did he have a debt?” she asked.

And in a real cliffhanger, the audio ends with Matthews asking Clinton if she watched “the end of Downton Abbey.” But before Clinton could answer, the audio stopped. We’re going to guess the answer would have been “no.” She’s a little busy right about now.