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| PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton will finally take the stage on the final night of the Democratic National Convention to formally accept her party’s nomination. But before the balloons drop, the speakers will highlight issues facing women, with a particular emphasis on workplace fairness and pay. The Clinton women, Chelsea and her mother, will close out the evening. | |
| John Podesta, the Clinton campaign chairman, and Jennifer Palmieri, the communications director, talked to us on Facebook Live about what Mrs. Clinton is hoping to accomplish with her speech tonight, and gave us some behind the scenes details, including how much of an advance look the Clinton folks got at President Obama’s speech, and how tough it is having to give a speech after the president. (Hint: It’s a bear). | |
| We also discussed why Mrs. Clinton doesn’t hold more press conferences and whether the Clinton campaign is concerned about what might come next in the parade of hacked Democratic National Committee emails. Watch the whole conversation. | |
| Chelsea Clinton has come a long way from the days in her mother’s 2008 presidential campaign when she was so press-shy she rarely uttered anything in public. Recall the time she told a 9-year-old “kid reporter” for Scholastic News that she didn’t take questions from the news media. | Chelsea Clinton has come a long way from the days in her mother’s 2008 presidential campaign when she was so press-shy she rarely uttered anything in public. Recall the time she told a 9-year-old “kid reporter” for Scholastic News that she didn’t take questions from the news media. |
| This time though, her mother’s campaign has sought to make more use of her. And Thursday night, she will face her biggest audience yet as she tries to sell Mrs. Clinton to the American public. The inevitable comparisons will be made to Ivanka Trump’s well-received speech in Cleveland. The biggest question is how she will depict her mother. Will we hear about the Mrs. Clinton who has been an advocate for women and girls? Will the speech be a more intimate portrait of a nurturing mother with stories from her childhood we haven’t heard before? Or both? | This time though, her mother’s campaign has sought to make more use of her. And Thursday night, she will face her biggest audience yet as she tries to sell Mrs. Clinton to the American public. The inevitable comparisons will be made to Ivanka Trump’s well-received speech in Cleveland. The biggest question is how she will depict her mother. Will we hear about the Mrs. Clinton who has been an advocate for women and girls? Will the speech be a more intimate portrait of a nurturing mother with stories from her childhood we haven’t heard before? Or both? |
| No one could close a trust deficit with the American people as large as Mrs. Clinton’s in one speech. But Thursday night will be the beginning of what could be her biggest challenge in the general election: making voters think she is trustworthy. One way of accomplishing this — which the Clinton campaign has spent much of the convention trying — is to make Mr. Trump appear so erratic, untested and thoughtless that the idea of him becoming president would be too much, even for those who mistrust her. But she will also want to make the election more than a protest vote against him. And to do that she will have to begin to smooth her image — with this speech. | No one could close a trust deficit with the American people as large as Mrs. Clinton’s in one speech. But Thursday night will be the beginning of what could be her biggest challenge in the general election: making voters think she is trustworthy. One way of accomplishing this — which the Clinton campaign has spent much of the convention trying — is to make Mr. Trump appear so erratic, untested and thoughtless that the idea of him becoming president would be too much, even for those who mistrust her. But she will also want to make the election more than a protest vote against him. And to do that she will have to begin to smooth her image — with this speech. |
| Mrs. Clinton cannot escape the fact that she will be seen by many voters — and harshly caricatured by the Trump campaign — as running for a third term of the Obama White House. The problem is, history is not on her side. The incumbent’s party tends to lose after two terms. But President Obama has built a formidable political coalition, one that was in full and animated display Wednesday night when he addressed the convention. She will need to nod to his accomplishments yet set herself far enough apart to show that she will take the country in a new but not entirely different direction. | Mrs. Clinton cannot escape the fact that she will be seen by many voters — and harshly caricatured by the Trump campaign — as running for a third term of the Obama White House. The problem is, history is not on her side. The incumbent’s party tends to lose after two terms. But President Obama has built a formidable political coalition, one that was in full and animated display Wednesday night when he addressed the convention. She will need to nod to his accomplishments yet set herself far enough apart to show that she will take the country in a new but not entirely different direction. |
| No candidate is perfect. And this year both nominees have more than their share of weaknesses. With questions lingering about her decades in public life — her use of a private email server, her judgment as secretary of state and her handling of her personal life — she could try to level with her audience and acknowledge her imperfections. And that may go a long way toward helping her display a trait many voters say she lacks: authenticity. | No candidate is perfect. And this year both nominees have more than their share of weaknesses. With questions lingering about her decades in public life — her use of a private email server, her judgment as secretary of state and her handling of her personal life — she could try to level with her audience and acknowledge her imperfections. And that may go a long way toward helping her display a trait many voters say she lacks: authenticity. |
| On the third day of the convention, Mr. Obama, seeking to cement his legacy, handed the party baton to Mrs. Clinton, who made an unadvertised appearance, and to her harmonica-playing running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, who sought to lure disaffected Republicans. | On the third day of the convention, Mr. Obama, seeking to cement his legacy, handed the party baton to Mrs. Clinton, who made an unadvertised appearance, and to her harmonica-playing running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, who sought to lure disaffected Republicans. |
| The day, which focused in part on national security, came as Mr. Trump said he hoped Russian intelligence services had successfully hacked Mrs. Clinton’s email, and encouraged them to publish whatever they may have stolen. | The day, which focused in part on national security, came as Mr. Trump said he hoped Russian intelligence services had successfully hacked Mrs. Clinton’s email, and encouraged them to publish whatever they may have stolen. |
| Part of Mr. Obama’s aim in his speech was to continue to bring together the divided factions of the party, a division that though real, is far from historic. | Part of Mr. Obama’s aim in his speech was to continue to bring together the divided factions of the party, a division that though real, is far from historic. |
| • Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York | • Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York |
| • Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado | • Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado |
| • Representative Xavier Becerra of California | • Representative Xavier Becerra of California |
| • Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio | • Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio |
| • Chelsea Clinton | • Chelsea Clinton |
| • Hillary Clinton | • Hillary Clinton |