Hillary Clinton said Thursday that she is “doing great” as she returns to the campaign trail after recovering from pneumonia.
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“I have to say, it’s great to be back on the campaign trail”, Clinton said, after coming out to James Brown’s “I Got You (I Feel Good)”.
Clinton told supporters Thursday that while sitting at home this week was “pretty much the last place I wanted to be”, the time away from campaign events helped clarify how she wants to close her race against the billionaire real estate mogul Trump.
Seeking to turn the page after her poorly handled bout with pneumonia, Clinton was headed to North Carolina and then the United States capital Washington as she resumed the White House race after a three-day convalescence.
Looking at Clinton, voters say 56 – 42 percent she “does not believe that she has to play by the same rules as everyone else”.
While taking questions, Clinton admitted her campaign could have handled the news over the weekend better, “My campaign has said they could have been faster, and I agree with that”.
In a not-so-subtle slap at Clinton, the Trump campaign said the medical report showed Trump “has the stamina to endure – uninterrupted – the rigors of a punishing and unprecedented presidential campaign and, more importantly, the singularly demanding job of president of the United States”.
Clinton almost collapsed on Sunday at a memorial ceremony for the September 11th attacks in NY.
“I’ll never be the showman my opponent is, and that’s okay with me”, Clinton said in what, for her, were markedly personal remarks. His campaign said more information about his health would be made public Thursday.
The findings provide a snapshot of a race that suddenly looks tighter than it did a month ago, when Clinton emerged from her party’s convention with leads nationally and in swing states.
“Health is an important issue for any candidate, but it’s especially true with two candidates who would be governing in their 70s”, David Gergen, who worked in Bill Clinton’s White House and has served three Republican presidents, told The Wall Street Journal.
He also appeared on a USA medical chat show, which aired on Thursday, to discuss his health.
The documentation adds little to the previous health records she divulged past year, which stated that Clinton has low cholesterol and has seasonal allergies. That led her to the conclusion that “people like me, we’re lucky”.
Speaking Friday on ABC’s “Good Morning America”, Trump’s son said a statement by the campaign Thursday night acknowledging Obama’s US birth “should be the definitive end” of questions about Trump’s views.
Until Thursday, the only information on Mr Trump’s health had come in a widely ridiculed letter from his doctor declaring he would be the healthiest person to ever serve as president.
American likely voters say 54 – 37 percent that Trump is more transparent than Clinton.
The Clinton campaign’s handling of her pneumonia underscored her penchant for privacy, something that has contributed to the public’s lack of trust in the former secretary of state. “Millions of Americans can’t”.
As she left the airport near her home in upstate NY, bound for North Carolina, Clinton greeted reporters with a cheery wave.
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On Wednesday, Clinton released a letter from her physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack, to dispel rumors about her health.
