Clinton makes history with presidential nomination
She promises to tackle income inequality, tighten gun control and rein in Wall Street
Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic Party’s White House nomination, coming back from a stinging defeat in her first presidential run in 2008 and surviving a bitter primary fight to become the first woman to head the ticket of a major party in US history.
In a symbolic show of party unity, Clinton’s former rival, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, told the chairwoman from the convention floor that Clinton, 68, should be selected as the party’s nominee at the dramatic climax of a state-bystate roll call at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
Cap ping nearly a quarter century in public life, Clinton will become the party’s standardbearer against Republican nominee Donald Trump in the Nov 8 election when she accepts the nomination on Thursday.
“If there are any little girls out there who stayed up late to watch, let me just say: I may become the first woman president, but one of you is next,” Clinton told the convention via a video satellite link.
In nominating Clinton, delegates made the point that the selection of a woman was a milestone in the country’s 240year-old history.
The Democratic nominee, who promises to tackle income inequality, tighten gun control and rein in Wall Street if she becomes president, is eager to portray Trump, a business man and former reality TV show host, as too unstable to sit in the Oval Office.
Trump, 70, who has never held elective office, go taboos tin opinion polls from his nomination at the Republican convention last week. He had a 2-point lead over Clinton in a Reuters/ Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday, the first time he has been ahead since early May.
Email scandal
Sanders has endorsed Clinton, but some of his supporters protested in Philadelphia against the party leadership’s apparent backing of her during the Democratic primary fight.
In 2008, Clinton lost a hardfought nomination battle to Senator Barack Obama, who went on to become the country’s first black president.
Polls show many US citizens distrust Clinton. Controversy over her use of a private email server for official business while she served as the country’s top diplomat dogged her during the primary election season.
She came under relentless attack at the Republican convention in Cleveland, as speakers assailed her over the e-mail controversy and her record as secretary of state and painted her as out of touch with ordinary US citizens. Delegates weighed in with repeated chants of “Lock her up”.
I may become the first woman president, but one of you is next.”
Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party’s White House nominee, said via a video link