Hillary Clinton has made an early exit from a 9/11 ceremony today after suffering a ‘medical episode’. The 68-year-old Democrat presidential candidate is said to have left the event abruptly, with Fox News reporting that she appeared to faint just before 10am as family members of the 2,977 victims were reading through their names. According to a witness at the scene, Clinton’s ‘knees buckled’ and her security team rushed her to a nearby van.
Clinton’s campaign have since released a statement putting her departure down to her feeling ‘overheated’. Leaving her daughter Chelsea’s apartment this afternoon, Clinton told reporters she was ‘feeling great’.
However despite her words, this situation will play into Donald Trump’s hands. The Republican candidate’s team have queried her physical fitness in the past. In a speech just last month, Trump — who at 70 is almost two years older than his presidential rival — said Clinton ‘lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on Isis [Islamic State] and all of the many adversaries we face’. While
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