Clinton makes bid official with NY rally

Ardent supporters streamed into a manicured New York park yesterday to watch Hillary Clinton lay out her bid to become America's first woman president and her vision for the future.

Thousands poured onto Roosevelt Island, a tiny sliver of land in the East River between Manhattan and Queens, where black clouds threatening rain did little to dampen the enthusiasm of devoted fans.

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Clinton, the 67-year-old former secretary of state, New York senator and first lady is expected to be joined by husband Bill and daughter Chelsea in the family's first joint appearance of the campaign.

In her hotly anticipated speech, she is expected to draw heavily on her mother's disadvantaged background to convince voters that she understands their problems and promises to fight for the middle classes.

Her team sees the rally, on home turf in a state where Clinton was senator for eight years, as a chance to turn the tables on flagging opinion polls and position her as the champion of America's squeezed middle class.

Her political foes paint her as out of touch and not trustworthy.A CNN poll found last week a growing number of Americans say she is not honest and trustworthy (57 percent, up from 49 percent in March).