Michelle Obama supported Hillary Clinton.
Big Girls Don't Cry (book) . Traister places particular focus on four main political figures -- Hillary Clinton , Sarah Palin , Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Edwards -- as well as women in the media , including Katie Couric , Rachel Maddow , Tina Fey and Amy Poehler . Michelle Obama . She returned to speak at the 2012 Democratic National Convention , and again during the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , where she delivered a speech in support of the Democratic Presidential nominee , and fellow First Lady , Hillary Clinton .