Washington (CNN) -- Macy Friday can't remember what she was thinking when -- mouth agape, eyes bugged -- she shook hands with Hillary Clinton in Denver this week. It all happened so fast, she says. What she does remember is the national response to the photo of her reacting with pure, unadulterated excitement to meeting the former secretary of state. Media outlets pounced on the story. The Washington Post captured the reaction perfectly, writing that Macy had a "look on her face that has never been witnessed by anyone who is not a dad chaperoning a minivan full of teenagers at a One Direction concert."
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Macy Friday met Hillary Clinton this week and a photo of her priceless reaction went viral.
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Macy says meeting Hillary Clinton was like meeting Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and One Direction.
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Clinton, Macy says, shows everybody that "Girls can be awesome, too".
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"She is running for president," Macy says of Hillary Clinton.
And when I first went up to her, I said, '@placeholder,' and she said that is one of her favorite names.