ITV News on the campaign trail: Clinton to go on the attack

As the unpredictable, bitter US election edges closer to decision day, ITV News is on the campaign trail following Republican hopeful Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in their race for the White House.

  • Clinton campaign

We can call today Operation Counter Attack, writes ITV News Washington Correspondent Robert Moore.

Hillary Clinton is mightily tired of playing defence over emails.

So for the next 24 hours Democrats are going to try and do the hardest thing in campaign politics - pivot and change the subject entirely.

Clinton has already tweeted out her theme of the day: Linking Donald Trump to the Kremlin.

It doesn't really matter if there really is a secretive financial link between the Trump Organisation and an obscure Russian bank, as some Clinton advisers are suggesting. The point is to rattle Donald Trump.

If that doesn't stick, there's a Plan B: Keep suggesting that Donald Trump's wealth is based on his aggressive use of overly-creative and legally marginal tax avoidance schemes.

Hillary Clinton Credit: PA

There's a strange mood right now in the Clinton camp. Her top advisers believe the email saga has not caused lasting political damage (most polls suggest the race is actually quite settled with Clinton retaining a clear edge).But strategists like to be in charge.

They are control freaks. And no one knows if a further FBI leak might embarrass Mrs Clinton again. So there is nervousness and an ominous sense that there is one more big surprise left before Election day.

Do you remember that famous quote from Donald Rumsfeld about the Iraq War?

That pretty accurately captures the anxiety in the Hillary camp about what lies ahead in the final few days before Election Day.

  • Trump campaign

ITV News Correspondent Penny Marshall is in the key swing state of Pennsylvania where Donald Trump will be speaking later today.

The Republican candidate is due to talk about Obamacare but his rival's emails and his Clinton's attack on him over his alleged links with the Russian president are also expected to get a mention.

With polls claiming the state is set to vote Democrat, Penny Marshall says Trump's appearance shows the Republican candidate is "very confident" or "has a bit of bravado" at this stage of the campaign.