The video, which was shared by the outlet on Saturday, features various Vanity Fair reporters and editors holding champagne glasses as they offer suggestions on what Clinton could spend her time doing in 2018.
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 23, 2017
"Get someone on your tech staff to disable autofill on your iPhone so that typing in ‘F' doesn't become ‘form exploratory committee for 2020," one staff member said.
Another chimed in to suggest the 70-year-old politician continue taking photos in the woods, in order to "meet unsuspecting hikers."
"Take up a new hobby in the New Year," another said. "Volunteer work, knitting, improv comedy, literally anything that'll keep you from running again."
With nearly 2,000 retweets going, Clinton supporters did not hold back in the comments section.
— Elayne Boosler (@ElayneBoosler) December 27, 2017
— Nicki 🤓 (@nickiknowsnada) December 27, 2017
— Anna Fitzpatrick (@bananafitz) December 27, 2017
— Jamie Grayson (@TheBabyGuyNYC) December 27, 2017
Even Clinton adviser Adam Parkhomenko had a thing or two to say.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) December 27, 2017
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) December 27, 2017
Peter Daou, a former Clinton adviser and longtime loyalist, slammed the magazine for talking trash about "one of the most accomplished women in the history of the United States."
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 27, 2017
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 27, 2017
However, some netizens welcomed the joke.
— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) December 27, 2017
— Vickie (@tweetvickie) December 27, 2017
— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) December 27, 2017
Responding to the outrage, the magazine issued an apology, but did not delete the video.
"It was an attempt at humor and we regret that it missed the mark," Beth Kseniak, a spokesperson for Vanity Fair, said in a statement.
Maya Kosoff, the writer who suggested Clinton take up knitting, released her own statement on Twitter indicating staff members never intended to single out the politician and also that she doesn't appreciate her comments "being taken out of context to make me seem super sexist."
Kosoff explained that producers also published resolution videos for other figures, including White House chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and US President Donald Trump.
Though some critics lashed out at incoming editor-in-chief Radhika Jones, who recently replaced longtime editor Graydon Carter, the outlet noted that the video was actually created under the direction of Hive editor John Kelly. The Hive is a Vanity Fair publication focused on business and politics.
