Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence spent Tuesday night's debate denying many of the charges against his running mate made by Tim Kaine.

Based on a new ad from the Hillary Clinton campaign, that might have been the plan all along.

The new ad released Wednesday morning pairs those denials against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's own statements.

In Mike Pence's defense, we wouldn't want to defend Donald Trump, either. #VPDebate pic.twitter.com/Z2jV6FNzFl — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 5, 2016

Throughout the ad, "Indefensible," Democratic vice presidential nominee Kaine brings up Trump's praise for Vladimir Putin, his comments about deportation and his former support of measures that would punish women who seek abortions over Pence's protests of "that's nonsense" and "absolutely false." The video then cuts to Trump's own on-camera statements.

The ad hits Trump harder than Pence. Kaine and Pence went head to head on behalf of their running mates at Longwood University in Virginia.

"It's okay, Mike," the ad says. "We'd have a hard time defending him, too."

The ad spurred speculation that the Clinton campaign had anticipated Pence's denials and used the debate to create material for the video.

I think it's fair to say that Tim Kaine prepped for a debate that could then be reworked into an ad. Unlike Trump & taxes, this is genius. https://t.co/bsIweEb65R — Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) October 5, 2016

You gotta feel like Team Clinton went into the VP debate with the express intention of making this ad https://t.co/2Ctdkj4Gkq — Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) October 5, 2016

2. I think the Clinton campaign storyboards its attack videos, then works backwards from there for debate prep. https://t.co/ABBdOrexl2 — Jay Yarow (@jyarow) October 5, 2016

The Clinton campaign w/ a devastating new ad. Show’s how Kaine accomplished EXACTLY what he came to do last night.https://t.co/CAJqvo60gT — Mo Elleithee (@MoElleithee) October 5, 2016

Kaine's main goal last night was to make this "play the tape" campaign ad possible, yes? https://t.co/3Hs25cBSDx — Kevin Rector (@RectorSun) October 5, 2016