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How 'Stronger Together' Became Clinton's Response To 'Make America Great Again'

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From the very beginning of this presidential campaign, Donald Trump¹ has had a bold, memorable², some might say implicitly³ negative slogan - make America great again. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, struggled to settle on a slogan. Now she has one - stronger together. And she can thank Donald Trump for giving it new meaning. Here's NPR's Tamara Keith.

TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE⁴: There was breaking down barriers, and fighting for us, and I'm with her. And then as the Democratic primary was winding⁵ down, Clinton and her team settled in on stronger together. It worked its way into Clinton's speeches and onto her signs. It was a serviceable slogan with layered meaning, says David Axelrod, the former senior adviser⁶ to President Obama.

DAVID AXELROD: She, I think, was struggling in the Democratic primaries to identify a message and a tag line that summed up the purpose of her campaign. Donald Trump has given her a purpose.

KEITH: And in his speech at the Republican convention, Donald Trump also gave Clinton a rhetorical gift.

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DONALD TRUMP: Nobody knows this system better than me...

KEITH: Trump was talking about the political system. But what he delivered was a line that gave Clinton's slogan extra oomph.

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TRUMP: ...Which is why I alone can fix it.

KEITH: The next day at a rally in Tampa, Fla., Clinton was already talking about that line.

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HILLARY CLINTON: I can't really imagine him on a white horse but...

(LAUGHTER)

CLINTON: ...That seems to be what he's telling us - I alone can fix it.

KEITH: Clinton campaign press secretary Brian Fallon says stronger together is sort of a shorter, 21st-century version of the idea behind Clinton's 1996 book, "It Takes A Village." And yes, he says, the slogan was always meant to offset⁷ what he calls Trump's divisive proposals. But...

BRIAN FALLON: It took on an added dimension after the conventions when he so clearly positioned himself as somebody who was the sole person that could potentially solve the country's challenges.

KEITH: By the time of her own convention less than a week later, Clinton had intertwined I alone can fix it with her own slogan.

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CLINTON: Yes, those were actually Donald Trump's words in Cleveland. And they should set off alarm bells for all of us.

KEITH: Around the convention hall, Democrats⁸ waved blue signs with the words stronger and together in white print.

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CLINTON: He's forgetting every last one of us. Americans don't say, I alone can fix it. We say, we'll fix it together.

KEITH: Stronger together isn't going to set anyone's hair on fire. It's more oatmeal than Fruity Pebbles⁹. Republican media strategist Fred Davis is the man behind memorable campaign slogans such as one tough nerd. He thinks the Clinton camp is sending a message with its simplicity¹⁰.

FRED DAVIS: Hey, you know, you can have your fun at a Metallica concert, but this is being president. And it's a serious endeavor. So I think they're right on target. I don't hope that they continue that way. But I think stronger together, because it's so boring, was the right move.

KEITH: Clinton's campaign seems to be betting that steady and boring wins the race. Tamara Keith, NPR News.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 memorable   

adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的

参考例句：

• This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
• The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。

3 implicitly   

adv. 含蓄地, 暗中地, 毫不保留地

参考例句：

• Many verbs and many words of other kinds are implicitly causal. 许多动词和许多其他类词都蕴涵着因果关系。
• I can trust Mr. Somerville implicitly, I suppose? 我想，我可以毫无保留地信任萨莫维尔先生吧？

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

6 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

7 offset   

n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿

参考例句：

• Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
• He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。

8 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 pebbles   

[复数]鹅卵石； 沙砾； 卵石，小圆石( pebble的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The pebbles of the drive crunched under his feet. 汽车道上的小石子在他脚底下喀嚓作响。
• Line the pots with pebbles to ensure good drainage. 在罐子里铺一层鹅卵石，以确保排水良好。

10 simplicity   

n.简单，简易；朴素；直率，单纯

参考例句：

• She dressed with elegant simplicity.她穿着朴素高雅。
• The beauty of this plan is its simplicity.简明扼要是这个计划的一大特点。