Pressure is on Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump ahead of first US presidential debate

September 25, 2016 09:41

Who is going to win? Who is going to choke? The pressure is intense for Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton -- phenomenally different candidates -- who clash in their first debate on Monday.

Stakes are as high as they get since there are just six weeks until the November 8 election. Polls show a close race, with Clinton, 68, enjoying an edge.

As many as 90 million Americans, some estimate, will be glued to their television to catch the showdown.

Many analysts say debates usually don`t win a candidate the election but can well lose it for them. A single sentence, or the slightest slip, can do serious damage.

On Saturday, the New York Times endorsed Clinton, who ahead of the debates has been cloistered with aides and her papers at home in Chappaqua, north of New York, even practising with relatives playing Trump.

She has been focusing on his psychological profile, with a goal to get Trump to crack, to show that he can`t control himself and lacks the even-handed temperament a president needs.

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