PHILADELPHIA — The selling of Hillary Clinton moved into top gear here on Tuesday night, as Democrats nervous about two ‘D’s — disunity and The Donald — sought to give their newly-minted nominee a shot of momentum.
Every move on Tuesday seemed calculated to shore up a vulnerability on Clinton’s part.
Hillary Clinton spoke to the Democratic convention late Tuesday night via video, playing up the historic nature of her selection as the party’s nominee. “We just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet thanks to everyone who made that possible,” she told the arena packed with delegates and supporters, many of whom were crying.
Bill Clinton delivered one of the most personal speeches of his career Tuesday in a heartfelt telling of his courtship and marriage to Hillary Clinton, painting a warm portrait of a candidate sometimes criticized as lacking personal appeal.
PHILADELPHIA — Bill Clinton delivered a lengthy stemwinder at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, but he largely skipped over the late 1990s — the most tumultuous period of his White House tenure and the time that put his relationship with his wife to the test.
PHILADELPHIA — A group of women whose children died at the hands of law enforcement, through gun violence or in other contentious circumstances — rallied Democrats in support of Hillary Clinton on Tuesday evening.
Dozens of Bernie Sanders delegates walked out of the arena in protest and entered the media tent at the Democratic National Convention minutes after Hillary Clinton was declared the party’s nominee.
PHILADELPHIA — Actress Elizabeth Banks skewered Donald Trump’s sensational Republican National Convention entrance on Tuesday, walking wildly while taking to the stage in Philadelphia to the song “We are the Champions.”
The clouds are clearing over the Democratic Party as its heaviest hitters prepare to go to bat for Hillary Clinton on Wednesday. President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will take the stage at the Democratic National Convention, along with Tim Kaine, the party’s vice presidential nominee.
PHILADELPHIA –– Hillary Clinton and the Democrats are taking their gun reform message full-bore into the general election, betting that a shift in voter sentiment has turned a once-toxic issue into a political winner.
PHILADELPHIA – Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright alluded to the hack of the Democratic National Committee during her convention speech Tuesday night, saying recent events suggested Russia is eager for Donald Trump to win the White House.
Clinton aides are addressing a potentially thorny problem: Historically, when Mr. Clinton has time on his hands, he can create dangerous distractions for his wife.
Donald Trump was in the middle of creating another nickname for Democratic rival Hillary Clinton – “Hillary Rotten Clinton!” – when he suddenly thought of his mild-mannered vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence.