WASHINGTON _ Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came to their first debate Monday night, each armed with a full arsenal of facts, provocations and precooked one-liners.
Their face-off at Hofstra University on New York's Long Island, the first of three, came as the race tightens considerably.
The task for Clinton, the Democrat, was to avoid being a policy wonk, erase even just a little of her image as untrustworthy and, if possible, take the opportunity to test his presidential temperament.
Trump, the Republican, needed to show some rhetorical restraint, some policy polish and to portray Clinton as politics-as-usual.
Here are four takeaways from their first time on the stage together:
