“I don’t know what their convention was about, other than criticizing me," Hillary Clinton said of the Republican National Convention. | Getty Clinton: I was saddened by 'lock her up' chants

Hillary Clinton may not have heard the “lock her up” chants that rang through the halls of the Republican National Convention last week, but she was saddened to know that it had taken place.

Asked by 60 Minutes’ host Scott Pelley in an interview that aired on CBS on Sunday night, Clinton was asked if she felt threatened by the chant that quickly caught on as an unofficial slogan of the Republicans’ convention in Cleveland.


“No, I felt sad,” she said. “I don’t know what their convention was about, other than criticizing me. I seem to be the only unifying theme that they had.”

The 60 Minutes interview was the first joint interview between Clinton and her newly minted running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine. And in it, the two address the deeply held belief by many Republicans as well as Donald Trump that Clinton is a criminal.

Kaine said Clinton has taken the criticisms in stride, saying “she’s done a good job of letting the … water go off her back on this.”

“When I see this, you know, ‘Crooked Hillary,’ or I see the, ‘Lock her up,’ it’s just ridiculous. It is ridiculous.”

The wide-ranging interview also touched on Kaine’s experience and his readiness to be president should anything happen to Clinton.

“I think I’m ready to lead,” he said. “I’m ready first to be a supportive vice president so that the presidency of Hillary Clinton is — is a fantastic one. But if something were to put that in my path, as much as any human being would be ready, I’d be ready. And you got to approach it with humility.”

Having served at the local, state, and federal level, Kaine said he’s “climbed, and I haven’t missed a rung on the ladder.”