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Hillary Clinton wants you to describe your student loan debt — in emojis

After sharing her first Snapchat story earlier this week, Hillary Clinton is going full on millennial with her latest Twitter campaign strategy — the presidential hopeful is asking Twitter users to discuss student loan debt using only emoji, the tiny pictographs that have become popular in texting and tweeting.

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This comes after the Clinton campaign's recent reveal of the "New College Compact," Clinton's proposed plan to make college more affordable, an issue which has been central to her campaign. 

Here's Clinton's original tweet.

Some of the responses were obvious: Many people do not feel great about student loan debt. 

 The poop emoji was a popular response. 

The gun emoji was also popular, often pointed at a the face of another, unlucky emoji. 

 

Reminder, electronics and water — represented here by the radio and bathtub emoji — do not mix well. 

This Twitter user seems to be considering hopping a flight to Germany, where college education is subsidized by the government

Student loan debt has this Twitter user reaching for the nearest glass of wine.

 

Some of the tweets weren't as easy to decipher. Your guess is as good as ours about this one.

 

Not everyone was excited about Clinton's call for emoji. Some people were critical of or sarcastic about the campaign's attempt to reach younger voters. 

 

 

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