Mrs. Clinton seemed to slowly but steadily learn how to confront and subdue Mr. Trump on the fly, as tens of millions of Americans watched. “I think it was a terrible thing to say.”Yet Mrs. Clinton never answered that damaging claim. Mr. Trump tried to cut short the exchange, sarcastically observing that Mrs. Clinton “has experience, but it’s bad experience.”But Mrs. Clinton cut in, lobbying for another chance to speak. “Donald, she has a name.”Mr. Trump tried to interject, asking incredulously where Mrs. Clinton had found this woman. “Her name is Alicia Machado, and she has become a U.S. citizen,” Mrs. Clinton said calmly.

Source: New York Times September 27, 2016 04:46 UTC