Clinton, however, did receive some good news in the swing state of Colorado Wednesday afternoon, when Monmouth University released a poll finding her with a 13-point lead.
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“We achieved nearly everything we wanted in what will be the most progressive Democratic Party platform ever”, spokesman Michael Briggs said in an email, calling the current draft of the official party policies, “a remarkable testament to the strength of the grassroots movement energized by Bernie’s campaign”.
He says that, “continuing to lay out this choice to the American people is part of what campaigns are all about”. She lambasted Trump’s decision to re-tweet an image from a neo-Nazi and his statements about women.
“This campaign is about the needs of the American people and addressing the very serious crises that we face, and there is no doubt in my mind that, as we head into November, Hillary Clinton is far and away the best candidate to do that”, he said.
The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign ahead of the Republican and Democratic national conventions (all times EDT): 3:33 p.m.
Clinton spoke of healing and resisting the urge to tear one another down following the shooting deaths of African-American men at the hands of police in Baton Rouge, La., and in a suburb of St. Paul, Minn., as well as the subsequent killings of five police officers in Dallas last week.
Clinton’s speech on Wednesday carried the echo of history.
And yet, he is still not suspending his campaign for the presidency. As the 16th president of the United States, he went on to guide the country through most of the Civil War.
Clinton is not the first to reach for Lincoln’s legacy. It’s also where President Barack Obama launched his bid for the White House, outside on a frigid day in February 2007.
Clinton acknowledged that she has made some missteps on race. She told the Washington Post earlier this year that she “shouldn’t have used those words”.
“As someone in the middle of a hotly fought political campaign I can not stand here and claim that my words and actions haven’t sometimes fueled the partisanship that often stands in the way of progress, so I recognize I have to do better, too”, she added.
While both candidates aren’t well liked, Clinton’s unfavorable ratings are higher than Trump’s in Florida (59% to 54%), OH (60% to 59%) and Pennsylvania (65% to 57%), according to Quinnipiac.
The two candidates were tied at 41 per cent in OH, yet another swing state and one that the victor of the presidential election has virtually always won.
The poll reflected little change among voters’ attitudes from June to July. According to RCP, Florida (Trump 44.2% to Clinton 44%), Ohio (Clinton 43.3% to Trump 42%) and Pennsylvania (Clinton 45.5% to Trump 42.3%) are almost evenly divided between the two candidates. In Ohio, the poll showed the candidates tied at 41 percent. Ron Johnson by seven points among registered voters, up from four points in June. Still, 93% of Republican and Republican-leaning white evangelical voters would choose Trump over Clinton if the election were held today.
Trump is leading Clinton by 42 per cent to 39 per cent in Florida, although last month the former secretary of state had been eight percentage points out in front of the real estate magnate, EFE news agency reported.
FBI director James Comey said last week Clinton was “extremely careless” in the handling of classified information but the investigation found no evidence she or her colleagues meant to violate laws.
Clinton, a former U.S. senator and first lady, has faced heavy criticism from Republicans for her use of private email servers for government business while she led the State Department from 2009 to 2013.
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The poll, conducted from July 7-10, interviewed 801 registered voters. It included 1,015 people in Florida, 955 people in OH and 982 people in Pennsylvania.
