HAVERFORD, Pa. _ Trying to solidify her support with women voters in this crucial battleground state, Hillary Clinton held a town hall-style event Tuesday focused on family issues with her daughter Chelsea and actress Elizabeth Banks.
It was a chance to tout her own education policies while criticizing what she has called Donald Trump's record of misogynistic comments.
One 15-year-old girl asked Clinton how she would combat the impact of Trump's crude remarks about women's bodies, including a former Miss Universe.
"We need to laugh at it," Clinton said. "We need to refute it. We need to ignore it. We need to stand up to it."
Clinton also took questions about gun violence. She emphasized her support for the Second Amendment while insisting that new restrictions are necessary to lower the number of gun deaths in the country.
"We have got to have a countermovement to this reckless, irresponsible propaganda that's pushing guns everywhere to everyone," she said. "The time has come for us to act. The deaths and the injuries and the losses are so great."
Public polls have shown Clinton's strength with voters in Pennsylvania, a state that is crucial to her potential victory in November.
She was scheduled to hold another event in the state capital, Harrisburg, later Tuesday.
