Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine wave to supporters as a cascade of balloons fall from the roof of Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. On Thursday, Clinton made history becoing the first female nnominee of a major political party.
PHILADELPHIA, July 29 (UPI) -- Seeking to lead a nation that is "cleareyed about what we are up against" but unafraid of the challenge, Democrat Hillary Clinton made history Thursday, becoming the first woman to accept the nomination of a major political party for president of the United States.
In her roughly hour-long speech, Clinton repeatedly returned to her campaign's overarching theme, that Americans are "stronger together." In so doing, she offered a full-throated rebuke of her opponent, Republican who, one week Donald Trump earlier said, "I, alone, will fix our problems."
"That should set off alarm bells for all of us. Really? I alone, can fix it?" Clinton asked. "Isn't he forgetting troops on the front lines? Police officers and firefighters who run toward danger? Doctors and nurses who care for us? Teachers who change lives? Entrepreneurs who see opportunity in every problem? He's forgetting every last one of us. Americans don't say 'I alone will fix it.' We say 'we will fix it together.'"
Clinton, the former first lady, senator and secretary of state who Americans have referred to by first name for more than 25 years -- with both affection and skepticism -- presented a softer, more personal side of herself in her address.
Clinton was introduced by her daughter, Chelsea, who called her mother "a listener and a doer."
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