Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton says that electing Republican rival Donald Trump would send the US economy back into recession.
Clinton is warning US voters her opponent's "reckless" approach will hurt workers still trying to recover from the 2008 economic turbulence.
The address in Ohio, one of the nation's most important swing states, sought to define Trump on the economy, similar to when she tried to undercut his foreign policy credentials earlier this month.
This time Clinton questioned Trump's temperament to guide the economy and repeatedly pointed to his business record as evidence of how he would treat small businesses and working families if he ascended to the White House.
"Just like he shouldn't have his finger on the button, he shouldn't have his hands on our economy," Clinton said.
Trump responded on Twitter as Clinton delivered her address, writing in one tweet: "How can Hillary run the economy when she can't even send emails without putting entire nation at risk?"
An apparent reference to Clinton using a server in her house while secretary of state.
Clinton used Trump's own statements to undercut his economic credentials, pointing to remarks he made that that US could sell off assets, default on its debt and that wages are too high.
She also repeated a comment he made that pregnant employees are an "inconvenience".
She also seized on a report Monday by Moody's Analytics which found Trump's plans would lead to a "lengthy recession" costing nearly 3.5 million American jobs.
Trump has assailed her promotion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal as Obama's secretary of state as a sell-out of US workers.
Clinton announced her opposition to the TPP last October, saying it failed to meet her test of providing good jobs, raising wages and protecting national security.
Brushing it aside, Clinton said there was a difference between "getting tough on trade" and starting "trade wars".
Fundraising reports show Clinton with a big fundraising advantage, starting the month with $42 million in the bank compared with Trump's $1.3 million in cash on hand.
Clinton also planned to make a more proactive case on the economy on Wednesday in North Carolina, with Jake Sullivan, the campaign's senior policy adviser, saying she would lay out the "progressive economic agenda".
The speeches set an economic framework for the general election, Clinton's pitch is also aimed at Bernie Sanders supporters, who has not yet endorsed Clinton or conceded the nomination to her.
The campaigns of Clinton and Sanders are discussing ways of addressing key economic issues in the Democratic platform which will be approved at the Philadelphia convention, including the TPP pact, providing free college tuition and cutting student debt and expanding Medicare and Social Security.
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