Hillary Clinton has returned refreshed to the presidential campaign trail, days after she was caught on camera staggering on a NY street amid a bout of pneumonia.
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Her health took centre stage after footage emerged of her appearing to almost collapse at a 9/11 anniversary ceremony on Sunday.
Clinton’s campaign on Wednesday released a new letter from her doctor declaring her “fit to serve” as president and recovering well from her recent illness.
Her return comes a day after her doctor said she was “healthy and fit”.
A surging Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has reduced popularity gap with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to nearly ties, according to a latest poll.
Clinton has seen how her recent substantial lead in the voter surveys has diminished notably, and in some key states such as Florida and Ohio Trump seems to have moved ahead.
Clinton said of Trump that she knows she will “never be the showman my opponent is, and that’s OK with me”.
MCEVERS: Also, today Donald Trump went on “The Dr. Oz Show” to talk about his health.
Senior Clinton aides said they always expected the race to the November 8 election to be close.
“We are pleased to disclose all of the test results which show that Mr. Trump is in excellent health, and 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”, the campaign said.
Clinton was greeted outside the rally by a potpourri of protestors – some wearing Trump t-shirts and carrying signs and others calling for the abolition of prisons.
Clinton spoke on Tom Joyner’s morning radio show.
“I view this as, in a way, going to see my doctor”, said Trump, who until now had released only four gushing paragraphs by his physician on his health condition. Here’s what she had to say. In some states, Republicans consider Trump to be a drag on local candidates, while in North Carolina, the local races may actually serve as a drag on Trump, Holian said.
Trump ― who weighs 236 pounds, doesn’t exercise regularly and enjoys fast food ― said he “could lose a little weight” when Oz questioned him about his body-mass index, which is in the outer limits of overweight category, according to the National Institutes of Health calculator.
The Democratic candidate had events planned in North Carolina and Washington as she resumed campaigning after a three day break prompted by a bout of pneumonia.
KEITH: Clinton wants her campaign to be more than simply a laundry list of policy proposals.
“It’s great to be back on the campaign trail”.
Apparently marking a shift from easy criticism of her Republican rival, Donald Trump, to a full-throated promotion of her own agenda, Ms Clinton promised henceforth to “give Americans something to vote for, not just against”.
The Clinton campaign cancelled the remainder of the former secretary of state’s public events before revealing her diagnosis.
Presidential Nominee: Welcome back to stronger together.
Although she later said she “didn’t mean half” (only 49 percent, perhaps?), the internet quickly became flooded with offers for T-shirts, hats, bumper stickers and other paraphernalia saying “I’m a Deplorable for Trump!” When the poll is expanded to registered voters, Clinton’s lead widens to five percentage points.
On Wednesday, Trump shared some of the results during a taping of The Dr. Oz Show.
Trump takes a cholesterol-lowering drug and a “low dose aspirin”.
“We should stick with one president at a time”, Clinton said.
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“I really have no problem in doing it”.
