US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has defended his "great temperament" and turned his focus on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton during a campaign stop in New Hampshire.
"You know, the writers gave her a word let's use temperament for Trump. I've always had a great temperament and you know, I win. I have a winning temperament. We're going to win. We're going to start winning again. But I've won. My life has been about winning. I win. She can't win. She's not a winner. She can't win", he told the crowd at the event.
He ended a tough week for his campaign in the state that launched him toward the presidential nomination and he did what Republicans have been urging him to do: Keep the focus on Mrs Clinton.
"Her greatest achievement is getting out of trouble," Mr Trump told supporters.
Mr Trump's victory in the 10 February Republican primary in New Hampshire put him in position to win the party's nomination, but he trails Mrs Clinton in the state by 15 points in the latest WBUR/MassINC poll, 47% to 32%.
Mr Trump came to New Hampshire after a troubled week in which he tangled with fellow Republican leaders and sparred verbally with the parents of a Muslim soldier who died fighting for the United States in Iraq in 2004.
Mrs Clinton, getting a lift from the Democratic National Convention, took advantage of Mr Trump's stumbles to surge into the lead in national polls and in many battleground states.
Now Mr Trump has begun heeding the advice of Republican officials who say he needs to take the fight to Mrs Clinton to give the party a chance to win the White House on 8 November.
Mr Trump seized on Mrs Clinton's comments on Friday that she had "short-circuited" when she said a week ago that FBI Director James Comey had said she had been truthful to the American people in her use of a private email server while U.S. secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
In fact, Mr Comey had concluded that Mrs Clinton was "extremely careless" with classified emails. He directly contradicted many of the statements Mrs Clinton had made about her use of the server.
Mr Trump spent the lion's share of a campaign speech in a crowded high school gymnasium to go after Mrs Clinton on the subject in trying to raise questions about her trustworthiness.
"I think the people of this country don't want somebody who is going to short circuit", Mr Trump said.
Mr Trump also sought to turn the tables on Mrs Clinton, who has consistently accused the New York developer of being temperamentally unfit to be president.
"She is a totally unhinged person", he said.
