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Parting shots: He hits her on stamina; she pounces in retort

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton shake hands after the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. (Rick T. Wilking/Pool via AP)
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton shake hands after the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. (Rick T. Wilking/Pool via AP) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton shake hands after the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. (Rick T. Wilking/Pool via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) – It was the opening Hillary Clinton had been waiting for all night.

Late in Monday’s debate, when the candidates each had notched their points on trade, taxes, crime and more, the talk turned to Clinton’s stamina, brought to the fore by her recent bout of pneumonia.

Moderator Lester Holt of NBC asked Trump what he had meant by questioning whether Clinton had a “presidential look.”

Trump didn’t back off: “She doesn’t have the look,” he reaffirmed. “She doesn’t have the stamina.”

“You have so many different things you have to be able to do and I don’t believe Hillary has the stamina.”