“President Clinton has made a decision to stand up against Trump and the cynics driving a political agenda”, an aide said.
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She noted her time advising President Barack Obama in the White House situation room, including on the decision process on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
The FBI found that some emails sent or received by Ms Clinton contained classified information, but director James Comey did not recommend she face prosecution.
“Given his volatility”, she says, “it’s hard to believe what comes out of his mouth”.
“I’m not asking for any special treatment”, she said.
He also said that he would demand payments from allies such as Germany and Japan towards the upkeep of the US military and promised a boost in the number of active US troops as well as ships and submarines in the US Navy.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has detailed plans to launch a new United States military build-up if he wins November’s election.
Other ideas including asking Congress to eliminate the defense sequester and submitting a federal budget with money to rebuild the USA military, developing a state-of-the art missile defense system, modernizing naval cruisers and conducting a thorough review of US cyber defenses to identify vulnerabilities.
“If they are going to entrust a President with the management of our country’s finances, they want to know, how did this person handle his or her own finances, which is one of the reasons why we’ve released 40 years of tax returns”, she said.
The appearances mark an intense, two-day focus on national security by Trump, who has offered tough rhetoric on America’s challenges overseas but few details.
But when asked who is most likely to be elected president, 49% of the poll’s respondents gave the nod to the former secretary of state.
Trump and Clinton appeared separately at the forum, which was organized by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and broadcast on NBC and MSNBC.
Her case has been bolstered by numerous Republican national security experts who have spoken out against their party’s nominee, including former defence secretary William Cohen, who announced his support for Ms Clinton yesterday.
Trump’s address also included plans to eliminate deep spending cuts known as the “sequester” that were enacted when Congress failed to reach a budget compromise in 2011.
Donald Trump has confessed he has regrets from his career as a politician.
His position on the sequester has been even more murky.
The majority of both Clinton (60%) and Trump (54%) supporters said they are actually voting in favor of a candidate opposed to against their opponent.
“I am proposing a new foreign policy focused on advancing America’s core national interests, promoting regional stability, and producing an easing of tensions in the world”, he said. He said he would make the government “leaner”, in part by using attrition to shrink the workforce, and said he’d bring in new money by asking countries like Germany, Japan and Saudi Arabia to pay more for the security the US provides them.
But as Buzzfeed has previously noted, Trump told Howard Stern in 2002 that he was in favor of the Iraq War.
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On Tuesday, Trump promised to convene his military commanders soon after taking office with “a simple instruction” aimed at the Islamic State group.
