TOLEDO, Ohio _ Half indictment of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and half a treatise on her plan for the economy, Hillary Clinton came to Ohio on Monday to try to level a race in the battleground state that has been shifting toward Trump.
Speaking to a crowd of 1,200 people that filled a train station in downtown Toledo, Clinton said she's the person who has the interests of all Americans at heart.
"In the debate (Trump) said it was smart to avoid paying taxes. His campaign was bragging that it makes him a genius. But what kind of genius loses $1 billion in a single year?" Clinton said.
By declaring a $915 million loss on his 1995 taxes, The New York Times reported Saturday that such a loss would allow Trump to avoid paying federal income taxes for 18 years.
"In a category by himself is Donald Trump. You can look at four years of my tax returns. We need a law that if you become the nominee of a major party, you need to release your tax returns," she said.
"He was contributing nothing to our economy, nothing for Pell grants, nothing for veterans, nothing for the military," she added. "Trump represents the same rigged system that he claims he's going to change ... Trump was taking from America with both hands and leaving the rest of us with the bill."
With the latest revelations about Trump's finances, Clinton then pivoted to her plan for the economy, which she also outlined in a speech in Warren in August and details on her website.
It includes:
_The Buffett rule, which says CEOs have to pay their fair share of taxes and that no CEO should pay less in taxes than their secretary.
_Closing corporate loopholes and require that businesses that move their business overseas would have to pay back any tax breaks they received in the U.S.
_Expanding the Consumer Protection Finance Board and make it easier for customers to sue companies that scam them, like the recent case of Wells Fargo that created thousands of phony accounts to artificially boost their sales numbers.
_Create the position of a trade prosecutor to make sure the country's trade agreements are strictly enforced. She also said she opposes the Trans Pacific Partnership now, would oppose it after the election and would continue to oppose it if she became president because it favors corporations over employees.
_Raise the minimum wage, ensure employees' right to organize and provide paid sick leave. "Right-to-work is not right for workers," she said.
"You don't have to look any further than northwest Ohio. In 2009, you were in the eye of the storm. The auto industry was on the verge of collapse, a lot of people were ready to give up and that would have meant giving up on 850,000 workers across this state," she said. "(At) the time of the worst (of the) financial crisis in 2009, (Trump) would have let you twist and fall."
She gave a shout-out to Chrysler as a company that should be rewarded when they invest in the U.S.
"Now the industry is back on its feet. The auto industry has a responsibility to give back. Chrysler is doubling down in Toledo, investing $700 million here to start building the next generation of the Jeep Wrangler," she said, adding that not only will that help employ more people in Ohio, but eventually will boost profit-sharing checks for autoworkers.
The speech in Toledo was her first stop in the state where the polls have shown Trump leading by 1 to 5 percentage points since early September. Ohio is a state that President Barack Obama won in both 2008 and 2012.
Clinton also was headed to Akron to participate in a voter registration rally, a week before early voting starts in Ohio, while her husband _ former President Bill Clinton _ was headlining rallies in Saginaw and Flint.
"We have 36 days left and the election is going to be close," she said. "Every call you make, every door you knock, every person you get registered to vote could make the difference."
Meanwhile, Trump was campaigning in Colorado on Monday after a trip to Michigan on Friday where he attended fund-raisers in Grand Rapids and Detroit and spoke at a rally in Novi.
