She will be introduced by her daughter, Chelsea Clinton.
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Sanders used his speech at the convention on Monday to urge Democrats to rally behind Clinton. But she knows that’s what happens when you’re under a microscope for 40 years.
Obama also hit an optimistic tone on the direction the country is taking, saying the “America I know is full of courage, and optimism, and ingenuity”.
At the end of his speech, Clinton – the first woman to win the presidential nomination of a major USA political party – joined him on stage to deafening shouts from the party faithful.
Even after the conventions conclude, this race is far from over.
The Democratic ratings advantage has come as something of a surprise, given Donald Trump’s reputation as a ratings magnet. Obama rejected that portrait.
Seeking to offset possible weariness with a politician who has been in the spotlight for decades, he said of Clinton: “She’s been there for us, even if we haven’t always noticed”. “We don’t look to be ruled”.
“We battled for a year and a half”, recalled Obama during his speech Wednesday night. “There has never been a man or a woman, not me, not Bill, nobody more qualified to serve as President of the United States of America”, said President Obama.
Emma Schmit, 22, of Rockwell City, Iowa, agreed: “She’s part of the one percent”.
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“He cozies up to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, praises Saddam Hussein, tells our North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies that stood by our side after 9/11 that they have to pay up if they want our protection”, Obama said.
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As a few other speakers did, Obama acknowledged Clinton’s shortcomings as a candidate.
Former Oklahoma Sen. Fred Harris said it was important for his party’s nominee to showcase the “original Hillary Clinton, before she became so guarded”. “We simply can not let that happen as Americans”.
The message was aimed at the holdout supporters of Clinton’s primary rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, as well as disaffected Republicans.
Trump, a 70-year-old NY businessman with no experience in political office, has hammered Clinton as untrustworthy and cast America as a place where security threats abound and law and order are breaking down.
The previously unreported incident at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC, and its potential ties to Russian hackers is likely to sharpen concern, so far unproven, that Moscow is trying to meddle in U.S. elections.
Clinton’s campaign quickly responded to Trump’s statement, calling it the “first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against a political opponent”.
“I was so young that first time in Boston”, Obama said. “I haven’t had that happen with any of the African-American Bernie supporters”.
The Trump campaign also released statements detailing criticisms against the Obama administration, saying its policies “unleashed ISIS”, and left “Syria in chaos”, “Libya in ruins”, and “Egypt in disarray”. She pointed at the man who denied her the White House eight years ago, smiled wide and gave him a hug.
Delegates at the convention formally nominated Kaine as the party’s vice presidential candidate by voice vote on Wednesday. The contested Senate seats then were in states he’d lost twice.
Trump, a 70-year-old NY businessman who has never held political office, is running just ahead of Clinton in a RealClearPolitics average of recent national opinion polls. But Obama will appear in multiple swing states for Clinton – likely in separate rather than joint appearances.
A Democrat should not have to struggle as much against a loudmouth like Donald Trump like Hillary Clinton is having to. He may also visit Democrat-friendly swaths of red states including Nebraska and Utah.
Mr Obama praised Mrs Clinton as uniquely qualified to take his job, noting “she never, ever quits”.
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“This is a complicated and uncertain world we live in”, Biden said.
