Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton says that Donald Trump's failure to spell out a plan to defeat the self-described Islamic State is "not only risky but should be disqualifying" for the office of the presidency. "Right? Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it".

She added, "And unfortunately, there are people like that and he has lifted them up". He tweets and retweets their offensive hateful mean-spirited rhetoric.

It's not like Clinton is going against a typical political adversary.

Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, quickly pounced on the remarks.

Clinton made the comments before introducing Barbra Streisand at an LGBT fundraiser in downtown NY.

"It's a very different system and I don't happen to like the system, but certainly, in that system, he's been a leader, far more than our President has been a leader", Mr. Trump said during the Wednesday night forum.

"I could tell, pretty good from the body language that they were not happy", Donald Trump said. They are just desperate for change. It doesn't really even matter where it comes from. "She understands what a military family endures". "She's the person who will sit around the table with us, and receive input and make a decision".

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Nick Merrill, Clinton's traveling press secretary, defended her comments on Twitter Friday.

Clinton, speaking to a crowd of about 1,500 in Charlotte, N.C., went down a laundry list of reasons why she thinks Trump lacks the judgment to lead the country, including his praise for Russia's Vladimir Putin. She complained in August that Trump is "taking hate groups mainstream". "His disregard for the values that make our country great is profoundly unsafe". And, you know, when she comes in and starts saying, oh, I would have done this, I would have - she's been there for 30 years.

Pence said, "the men and women who support Donald Trump's campaign are hard-working Americans: Farms, coal miners, teachers, veterans, members of our law enforcement community". "They are Americans and they deserve your respect".

Tim Mak at the Daily Beast gives bad reviews to both the "defensive and lawyerly" Clinton and the "huckster" Trump.

She said the USA does not "invade" other countries to "plunder and pillage" and she will not send America's fearless soldiers to "steal oil".

"I think that when you serve in the armed forces, that's a very special situation, and I could see myself working that out".