Hillary Clinton drew attention on the internet for all the wrong reasons during Saturday night’s debate, after an answer to a question about Wall Street that was so awkward it prompted a follow-up question from Twitter.

The former secretary of state responded to an accusation from Senator Bernie Sanders that she was too close to Wall Street by citing the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. Clinton said: “So I represented New York. I represented New York on 9/11 when we were attacked. Where were we attacked? We were attacked in downtown Manhattan, where Wall Street is.”

The answer provoked outrage on Twitter, where many thought that the former secretary of state was somehow invoking 9/11 to shield herself from criticism. One tweet, from University of Iowa law professor Andy Grewal, was cited by debate moderator Nancy Cordes in a follow up question: