Hillary Clinton is entering the final two months of the US presidential race clinging to a narrow lead in the polls while battling twin controversies over her health and her criticism of Donald Trump supporters.
On Sunday, the former secretary of state unexpectedly left a New York ceremony commemorating the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks after feeling “overheated”, her campaign said. While awaiting her motorcade, Mrs Clinton reportedly “stumbled off the curb and appeared to faint”, according to an unidentified law enforcement source quoted by Fox News.
As the Democratic candidate was helped into her van she lost a shoe, which was retrieved by an aide, Fox reported. Mrs Clinton, 68, was driven to her daughter Chelsea’s nearby apartment where campaign spokesman Nick Merrill later said she was feeling “much better”.