“The major problem for Clinton is to overcome the credibility gap”, says American University historian Allan Lichtman.
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Trump did his best to steal the spotlight Wednesday. “Especially in places that for too long have been left out and left behind”, said Clinton. President Clinton right there but this time accepting a nomination for Hillary.
Clinton closed her speech with mentions of the Founding Fathers and their “selfless passion to build something better for all who follow”. She will be tasked with winning the trust of a public deeply skeptical of her honesty, polls show.
Yeung also said he believes the Democratic nominee has become more collective and cohesive as a candidate – but he added that Sanders supporters also have to give a little.
President Obama himself led the way in contrition, recognizing the Sanders insurrection and its underpinning during his capacious endorsement of HILLARY CLINTON.
An eight-minute biography video showed the candidate speaking about her childhood and her mother, Dorothy, who was abandoned at the age of four and forced to survive adolescence on her own.
Donald Trump’s son has accused Barack Obama of plagiarizing a line from his Republication convention speech when the US President spoke at the Democratic event this week. “Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart”, said Clinton, a former secretary of state. She kept working at it all the way into Thursday.
Clinton addressed the lingering doubts many Americans have about her, saying her family story should serve as a window into her candidacy and her worldview. They also tried to humanize a sometimes distant public figure with anecdotes about her personal life and her behind-the-scenes political work. “America is great because America is good”, she said. Daughter Chelsea doing the introduction.
Trump’s twitter even posted a new campaign ad in response to Clinton’s speech.
The two women, New Yorkers of similar ages with high-profile parents, have been friendly in the past.
“She has got to get under Trump’s skin, because when you get under his skin – he explodes”, he says. She acknowledged his inspiring campaign and, more significantly, she brought up the issues he’s championed: “I want you to know, I’ve heard you”.
But some Democrats are less interested.
Wall Street, corporations and the super-rich are going to start paying their fair share of taxes, she said.
Miranda tweeted, “I’m with her. #AndShesBeenListeningToDiscTwo!”
Hillary Clinton on Thursday claimed her place in history as the first woman presidential nominee of a major United States party, promising economic opportunity for all and rejecting Donald Trump’s dark vision of America.
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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.
