At 69, Ronald Reagan was the oldest person to be elected president when he won in 1980.
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On Friday, she was accused of insulting millions of Americans by saying half of Mr Trump’s supporters belong in a “basket of deplorables” of racists, homophobes, sexists, xenophobes and Islamophobes.
The former secretary of state spent 90 minutes at the ceremony in lower Manhattan, greeting some relatives of those killed in the terror strikes 15 years ago, her campaign said in a statement.
Hillary Clinton had a “medical episode” that required her to leave a 9/11 commemoration ceremony early, a law enforcement source who witnessed the event told Fox News.
Dr Bardack said Ms Clinton has had an allergy-related cough, and during a follow-up examination on Friday she was diagnosed with pneumonia, put on antibiotics and advised to rest and modify her schedule.
Clinton was diagnosed on Friday, but her condition only came to light several hours after a video on social media appeared to show her swaying and her knees buckling before being helped into a motorcade as she left the memorial early Sunday. “While at this morning’s event, she became overheated and dehydrated”. The doctor said the incident Sunday was a result of dehydration and overheating and that the candidate is “re-hydrated and recovering nicely”.
Hours earlier, a video was posted on social media, apparently showing Clinton stumbling and her knees buckling, before being helped by aides into a black van leaving the site of the September 11, 2001 attack in NY.
In the meantime, a video surfaced on Twitter that showed Clinton being held up by aides as a black van pulls up. Democratic Representative Joe Crowley of NY, a Clintonsupporter who attended the event, told Reuters that it was “incredibly, stiflingly hot” during the ceremony.
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks on the last day of the 2016 U.S. Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States on July 28, 2016. Asked by a reporter about Ms Clinton’s health incident, he said: “I don’t know anything”. Asked by reporters waiting outside if she’s feeling better, Clinton wearing pants and coat, replied, “Yes”.
But the businessman, his spokespeople and surrogates have promoted the idea in recent weeks that Clinton, 68, has serious health problems.
Clinton had a coughing fit while speaking at a rally in Cleveland, Ohio, forced to take a moment to sip some water and recover. During the speech, she quipped, “Every time I think about Trump I get allergic”.
The doctor says Mrs Clinton is being treated at home.
A previous disclosure, from 2015, described the effects of concussion that Mrs Clinton suffered in 2012. She was “clearly having some type of medical episode”.
The former first lady has dismissed “conspiracy theories” about her health and points to a letter from her doctor declaring her fit to serve as president.
Trump said in an interview last week that he would release his full medical records if Clinton makes her records public.
“We really haven’t gotten very much, essentially a letter from her doctor”, he told CNN, but added that Trump should be held to the same requirement.
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In a measure of how hard this may be for Clinton to muddle through, Donald Trump and his campaign have shown uncharacteristic initial restraint.
