At least it wasn't Bill: Hillary Clinton interrupts photo op with howls of laughter as half-naked man in loincloth runs past her carrying fire



Hillary Clinton got a Hawaiin surprise this weekend when a half-naked man interrupted a photo op when he ran behind her carrying a flaming torch and wearing nothing but a loincloth.



The Secretary of State clapped her hands and howled with laughter when she turned around to see the man speed by her.



'That was great! I hope you all captured that,' she told photographers.



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Surprise: Hillary Clinton was posing for a photo up when a half-naked man streaked by. He was carrying a torch and wearing only a loin cloth

Unawares: The Secretary of State didn't notice the man until after he had run past her and the photographers began to laugh

Mrs Clinton was posing for photographs Saturday with Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, when the streaker ran into the frame.



'People will wonder what the chief executive is doing,' she laugh, patting Mr. Tsang on the shoulder.



Mrs Clinton was chatting with Mr Tsang when the press gaggle taking her picture spotted the running and began to chuckle.



She turned around, just to see the man's backside. He was shirtless and wearing nothing except what appears to be a loincloth or traditional Hawaiian skirt.

He was also carrying a burning torch. It was unclear why the man was dressed that way or what he was doing.

Laugh out loud: Mrs Clinton howled with laughter when she spotted the man running by. She then joked about the incident with photographers

Official business: Mrs Clinton was meeting with Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Donald Tsang. He noticed the mostly-naked man, too

Mrs Clinton was in Hawaii for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit.



She vowed to expand U.S. engagement in the Asia-Pacific by building trade ties, reinforcing alliances and continuing to press for democratic reforms in authoritarian nations like China and Vietnam.

In a nearly hour-long outdoor speech, Mrs Clinton addressed a few hundred invited guests including Hawaii’s political leaders, heads of a dozen Pacific island nations and senior U.S. military officials.

Clinton spoke at length about China and the need for the two nations to work together to ensure “strong, sustained and balanced future global growth.”

But China first needs to take steps to reform, she said, such as ending unfair discrimination against U.S. and other foreign companies, allowing its currency to appreciate more rapidly and ending measures that disadvantage or pirate foreign intellectual property.











