US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said yesterday the challenges facing Americans demand steady leadership and a collective spirit, contrasting her character with what she described as a dangerous and volatile Donald Trump. In the biggest speech of her more than 25-year-old career in the public eye, Clinton accepted the Democratic presidential nomination for the 8 November election with a promise to make the United States a country that worked for everyone. "We are clear-eyed about what our country is up against. But we are not afraid," she said. She presented a sharply more upbeat view of the country than her rival Trump did when he was formally nominated for president at last week's Republican convention, and even turned one of Republican hero Ronald Reagan's signature phrases against the real estate developer. "He's taken the Republican Party a long way, from 'Morning in America' to 'Midnight in America,'" Clinton said. "He wants to divide us - from the rest of the world, and from each other." She portrayed Trump as volatile, saying "a man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons." While her speech lacked the electrifying qualities of...
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