In a blistering speech, Hillary Clinton laid into Donald Trump, saying he's running a prejudiced campaign. Meanwhile, Trump continued his attempt to court minority voters, both here in New York and in New Hampshire. Courtney Gross filed the following report.
After a few days off the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton came back swinging.
"His disregard for the values that make our country great is profoundly dangerous," Clinton said.
She delivered a tough attack on Donald Trump in Nevada, saying his candidacy is built on prejudice and paranoia. She accused her Republican opponent of cozying up to extreme right-wing groups, laying into his new campaign chief, the head of the conservative web site Breitbart news. She ticked off headlines to make her case.
"He is taking hate groups mainstream," Clinton said.
Clinton's speech comes as Trump tries to court minority voters and revamp his candidacy after falling in the polls. He is now repeating a call on the campaign trail for African-Americans and Hispanics to give his campaign a chance.
"What the hell do you have to lose? It can't get any worse," Trump said.
"To ask people who he has ignored and mistreated for decades, 'What do you have to lose,' the answer is everything," Clinton said.
Just an hour before Clinton delivered her speech, Trump tried to deflect her attack line, rejecting accusations that his campaign or his supporters were racist.
"'You're racist, you're racist, you're racist.' They keep saying it. It's a tired, disgusting argument," Trump said.
There is no question Trump has struggled with minority voters, and he has been trying to quickly gain ground. Thursday morning, he held a roundtable with African-American and Hispanic leaders at Trump Tower.
As part of this courtship, Trump has toned down his rhetoric on immigration.
"He understands families first," said one roundtable participant. "That was the key word in this meeting: compassion, compassion, compassion."
Trump also told this roundtable that sometime over the next week, he would be delivering a speech on immigration.
All of this, according to the Clinton campaign, is a ruse.
"Don't be fooled," Clinton said.