Hillary Clinton will begin on Thursday an unprecedented phase in American political history when accepting to be the Democratic candidate for the White House and continue the legacy of her husband, Bill Clinton and the current President Barack Obama.
In his speech the presidential candidate will express his belief in the need to provide opportunities for all citizens to reach their potential, according to the press said sources close to the campaign.
Hillary started working on his speech several weeks ago along with his top advisers and will be devoted to the text until just before taking the huge stage set up at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the sources added.
This is the first time a woman will play the US president representing one of the two major political parties, and that Hillary received on Wednesday the enthusiastic support of President Obama at the Democratic National Convention.
Before a crowd of nearly 5,000 party delegates gathered in Philadelphia, Obama said that there has never been a man or woman most capable and prepared to Hillary Clinton to be president of the United States, including himself and former President Bill Clinton.
"Let's get Hillary Clinton to win this year because it is what the moment calls" Obama said.
This is a special moment for both, since Obama defeated Clinton by a small margin in the primary in 2008, although to reach the White House has invited to become his secretary of state.
Although Obama replaced Hillary ahead of American diplomatic machine in his second term, which began in 2013, this campaign the president has never hidden his support beyond the discretion that his office imposed.
Support of three presidents
Thus, the party hopes to succeed now Obama, the first black president in US history, with Clinton, the first woman, a possibility that makes the delegates to the Convention - which ends on Thursday in Philadelphia - dream big.
To achieve this goal, there was no lack Hillary weight support the Convention.
Former President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) appeared in a video in which made clear his support for Hillary to occupy the most important position in the country.
In turn, former President Bill Clinton (1993-2001) gave a long speech in which he told the story of his relationship with Hillary, in a testimony that proposed to humanize the figure now candidate for president.
Finally, if Bill Clinton focused on Hillary wife and mother, Obama stressed the image of exemplary public servant accustomed to take transcendental and complex decisions.
"Nothing really prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office Until you sit on this table, do not know how to manage a global crisis, sending us to war But Hillary have stayed in this room;.. Was part of the decisions," Obama said in his speech.
This Thursday, the closing day of the Democratic convention also will feature the daughter of Bill and Hillary, Chelsea, among the speakers.
controversial environment
The acceptance of the application by Hillary, a necessary formality in party rules, will be held in coincidence with a new and spectacular political scandal starring Donald Trump, the candidate for the Republican Party.
Trump called a press conference to deny any relation to the alleged involvement of Russian spies in the invasion of e-mail servers of the Democratic National Committee, messages to be released last week had already caused a storm.
However, Trump finished asking Russia to use its spies to investigate the emails Hillary when he was Secretary of State.
"Russia, if you hear me:. I hope to be able to find the 30,000 emails that are lost probably will be generously rewarded by the press," Trump said in reference to emails Hillary said he deleted private servers kept in his residence when he was secretary of State.
The former CIA director and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said at the Democratic Convention that it was inconceivable that an American presidential candidate asked a political adversary was spying target by a foreign country.
On Thursday, told FOXNews, Donald Trump assured that he was being "sarcastic" when asked Russia use his spies against Hillary, and stressed that the US authorities do not even know if they were the Russians who invaded email democrat.
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