She will balance her policy strengths with connecting with Americans watching from their living rooms as she faces a nation divided by intense Trump rhetoric, spikes in race-related gun violence, and heightened fear brought about by upticks in terrorist attacks around the world. He said job creation would be the top priority if Ms Clinton wins the White House.
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“To our enemies – to our enemies – we will pursue you only as America can”. Pockets of dissenters, many clad in bright green t-shirts that glowed in the dark, stood and chanted “no more war”, but they were repeatedly shouted down by large swaths of the crowd who chanted “USA”, in what was nearly a repeat of Wednesday night. For comparison’s sake, more than 32 million tuned in for Trump’s acceptance speech last week in Cleveland.
She embraced her reputation as a studious wonk, a politician more comfortable with policy proposals than rhetorical flourishes. “Rather than do a lot of press conferences, she’s just moved on to the next thing”, said campaign manager Robby Mook.
The Democratic nominee vowed to fight to overhaul the immigration system.
“To all of your supporters here and around the country: I want you to know, I’ve heard you”.
Trump’s widely rebuked call for espionage against the United States made several Republicans cringe, while Clinton’s campaign blasted it as “very troubling” and “unprecedented in the history of American politics”. That demographic has eluded Clinton and was unlikely to be swayed by a Democratic convention that heavily celebrated racial and gender diversity.
Clinton, accompanied by Kaine and their spouses, will use her bus trip to focus on economic opportunity, diversity and national security. Clinton’s name has been met with boos and jeers from die-hard Sanders supporters, and Bernie or Bust protesters continue to surround the convention hall. The appearance of him encouraging Russian Federation to meddle in the presidential campaign enraged Democrats and Republicans, even as he dismissed suggestions from Obama and other Democrats that Moscow already was intervening on his behalf. The most powerful validation came Wednesday night from President Barack Obama, her victorious primary rival in 2008. Obama declared Clinton not only can defeat Trump’s “deeply pessimistic vision” but also realize the “promise of this great nation”. “But we are not afraid”, she said.
Chelsea Clinton, Mrs Clinton’s daughter, will introduce her. It culminated a parade of speeches over the last 72 hours – from men and women, gay and straight, white, black and Hispanic; young and old – hoping to cast the Republicans as out-of-touch social conservatives led by an unhinged and unscrupulous tycoon.
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“Now I’ve been fighting for a trade agenda for more than 20 years that puts American workers first and I can tell you that in all those years I’ve never ever seen Donald Trump”, said Mr Brown, one of the most liberal members of the Senate. Let me ask you: Have you even read the US Constitution? “I never expected to be here”, he said.
