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Clinton linking her campaign with fight for middle class

FILE - In this May 27, 2015 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Columbia, S.C. Clinton plans to draw on her mother's difficult upbringing to cast herself as a fighter for ordinary Americans in the first major speech of her 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File)
FILE - In this May 27, 2015 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Columbia, S.C. Clinton plans to draw on her mother's difficult upbringing to cast herself as a fighter for ordinary Americans in the first major speech of her 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File) FILE - In this May 27, 2015 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Columbia, S.C. Clinton plans to draw on her mother's difficult upbringing to cast herself as a fighter for ordinary Americans in the first major speech of her 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton is putting everyday Americans at the center of her first major campaign speech for the Democratic presidential nomination as she connects the Depression-era struggles of her mother to the challenges facing those who helped the nation recover from the Great Recession.

Aides say Clinton will tell voters “It is your time” while arguing that hard-working Americans deserve to be rewarded for their sacrifices. She’ll deliver the speech Saturday during a rally at New York City’s Roosevelt Island.

Clinton’s speech aims to present the decision facing voters as more than just an assessment of her career as a former first lady, U.S. senator from New York and secretary of state. Her campaign wants to cast the race as a choice about the economic future of the middle class.