KISSIMMEE -- Sen. Hillary Clinton hit the campaign trail for Barack Obama Monday for the first time since her rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention.
In the event, which was billed as a community event on the economy, Clinton pushed the message that Democrats are better than Republicans for middle class and average Americans -- not only on the economy, but on foreign policy, energy, jobs, housing and everything else.
"I am here with a very simple message. We must work as hard as we possibly can to elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States," Clinton told the crowd.
This will be a difficult election, but I don't think it could be any clearer what the choice must be. If we want to restore American leadership, if we want to restore the American standard of living, if we want to tackle the myriad of challenges facing our country, then, to slightly amend my comments from Denver, 'No way. No how. No McCain. No Palin,'" Clinton said to an appreciative crowd.
Clinton only made passing references to the Republican vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin. Even in the press conference after her appearance, Clinton would not be drawn into critiquing Palin. She emphasized that she thought this election was about much bigger issues -- issues she said she was confident the Democrats would win.
From Kissimmee, Clinton headed to Tampa, where she will spoke Monday night.
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