On the Road with Hillary Clinton in Missouri

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch offers local coverage of Hillary Clinton's rally last night along with video.

Hillary Clinton touts economic plan at St. Louis campaign event

By Kevin McDermott

Hillary Clinton poses for selfies with supporters after she gave a campaign speech at the Sheet Metal Workers Union Hall in St. Louis on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com

ST. LOUIS • A boisterous Hillary Clinton whipped up a partisan crowd of some 500 supporters Friday night, her voice hoarse from the campaign but virtually yelling nonetheless through a speech heavy on economic themes.

“I am not running for my husband’s third term, and I am not running for President (Barack) Obama’s third term — I’m running for my first term,” Clinton said, to thunderous applause.

Playing to an especially pro-labor audience at the Sheet Metal Workers Union Hall at Jefferson and Chouteau avenues, she outlined an economic plan that would raise the minimum wage, use tax credits to attempt to lure U.S. businesses back to American soil and create a “National Infrastructure Bank” to overhaul the nation’s transportation system.

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Snarky in spots and as to that Republican statement at the end, it tries credibility and the imagination that a Republican is concerned about labor and unions except to the degree that they support Dems.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton winks as she speaks to Lesley McSpadden, right, the mother of Michael Brown, while working the rope line during a campaign stop at a union hall on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in St. Louis. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer in Aug. 2014 setting off the Black Lives Matter movement. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to Lesley McSpadden, right, the mother of Michael Brown, while working the rope line during a campaign stop at a union hall on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in St. Louis. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer in Aug. 2014 setting off the Black Lives Matter movement. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Supporters applaud as the listen to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speak during a campaign stop at a union hall on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Lesley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, enters a event for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a union hall on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in St. Louis. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer in Aug. 2014 setting off the Black Lives Matter movement. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Lesley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, attends an event by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in St. Louis. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer in Aug. 2014 setting off the Black Lives Matter movement. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

A little girl holds a sign as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at a union hall on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Supporters hold up signs as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign stop at a union hall on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton hugs Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., left, before speaking to supporters during a campaign stop at a union hall on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at a union hall on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton works the rope line after speaking to supporters during a campaign stop at a union hall on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)