Hillary Clinton aide Nick Merrill attacked the Boston Globe's chief national correspondent, Annie Linskey, on Twitter during Clinton's commencement speech Friday at Wellesley College.

Clinton was delivering a commencement speech, despite another coughing fit, to her alma mater, where she asserted that there was a "full-fledged assault on the truth." It was during the speech when Merrill went after Linksey on social media.

The confrontation began when Politico reporter Jake Sherman asked if Clinton is running again and Linskey responded, "When is she not?"

Merrill became triggered by Linskey's tweet and demanded that she stop with her "strangely vitriolic bullshit."

Stop.

Just stop.

Forever, with your strangely vitriolic bullshit. https://t.co/LutAm3H2Xt — Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) May 26, 2017

Merill continued to badger Linskey on Twitter. Linskey asked, "Where was this speech writer" who wrote the commencement speech during the election.

Where was this Clinton speechwriter during the campaign? #Wellesley — Annie Linskey (@AnnieLinskey) May 26, 2017

Merril answered Linskey in another expletive-containing tweet.

Merrill was Clinton's press secretary during the 2016 presidential campaign. Since President Trump's historic victory over Clinton, Merrill currently serves as her communications director.