Washington - Pneumonia of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, kept secret until she almost suffered a fainting on Sunday brought an element of uncertainty about his health in recent weeks of the election campaign and can give fuel to a rival narrative Donald Trump about his resistance.
On Sunday the Clinton campaign was forced to admit that the candidate of 68 years was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday after complaining of allergies and be seen coughing repeatedly in recent days.
The revelation of pneumonia was made after his campaign said that she "felt a lot of heat" to explain why she was taken in a hurry, unstable and trembling knees, a ceremony in remembrance of the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York .
Later, the donor and fundraiser Democrat Bill Bartmann received about a half dozen calls from supporters concerned about the repercussions of the episode, which he decided to wait to see how things unfold.
For Democrats, the incident also sparked some familiar fears about Clinton's penchant for secrecy amid a debate still going about their use of a particular e-mail server when he served as US secretary of state of the US President -American, Barack Obama, between 2009 and 2013.
"We already have Donald Trump touting health conspiracy theories to start, so whenever something even give a semblance of credibility to this conspiracy, to be demoralized in time," said Democratic strategist Bud Jackson.
The issue has also created pressure for both Clinton and his Republican rival Trump reassure US voters about his health given the requirements of the presidential campaign, which often do not eat well, sleep is scarce and the tight schedule and constant travel create stress.
"The short-term turbulence will have more to do with the way to handle it than to its substance, although I'm sure that both candidates will be under pressure to be more open about his health," opined David Axelrod, former -conselheiro Obama.
Later on Sunday, the Clinton campaign canceled a trip of former first lady of California, scheduled for the morning of Monday.
The health problem was the latest blow to Hillary, since Trump is canceling most of their lead in voting polls and returns to be competitive in many states no party preference in which it is likely that the 8 election November is decided.
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