Hillary Clinton snuck a few Trump attacks into an awards ceremony at Georgetown University Friday, mocking the president for an apparent aversion to "research and studies and facts" and criticizing his proposed cuts to the State Department budget.
The not-too-subtle digs drew wild applause from the audience.
"When women participate in peacemaking and peacekeeping, we are all safer and more secure," Clinton said at the 2017 Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards at Georgetown University's Institute for Women, Peace and Security. "Studies show that -- here I go, here I go again, mentioning research and studies and facts," drawing hoots and hollers from the crowd.
Clinton also warned Trump's proposed State Department makeover "will undermine our security and standing in the world."
“I’m here also to say we are seeing signals of a shift that should alarm us all," Clinton said. "This administration’s proposed cuts to international health, development and diplomacy would be a blow to women and children and a grave mistake for our country."
"Some of you may have seen the recent letter where 120 retired generals and admirals urged the Congress and the White House not to retreat from these programs which represent our values," she continued. "Each distinguished member recognize turning our back on diplomacy won’t make our country safer. It will undermine our security and our standing in the world."
Clinton drew a contrast with the State Department under President Trump and under President Obama.
Pushing for women's rights abroad "was the principle behind our efforts at the State Department in the first term of President Obama," she said. "We wanted to set a standard and I'm proud of it because I do see it as strategic and necessary."
In another moment drawing applause from the crowd, Clinton emphasized that "it's a stereotype" women are more peaceful than men.
"For anybody jumping to conclusions, I will state, clearly, women are not inherently more peaceful than men," she said. "That is a stereotype. That belongs in the alternative reality."