Trump, Clinton Spar on Economy, US Role in the World

Trump repeated his assertion that Clinton lacks the stamina to be president, and said her policies have led to a range of problems facing the country, including the threat posed by the Islamic State group.

Clinton portrayed Trump's economic plans as favoring the rich over the middle class and suggested he does not want to make his tax returns public because he is not as rich as he says or is hiding something that would be a conflict of interest if he were elected.

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"We have a situation where we have our inner cities, African Americans, Hispanics, are living in hell because it's so dangerous. You walk down the street, you get shot," Trump said.

Clinton rejected that view of black communities, calling it "dire."

"There's a lot that we should be proud of and that we should be supporting and lifting up."

Both candidates also noted the threat posed by cyber attacks from abroad, saying the U.S. needs to do more to fight back.

On the war in Iraq, Trump strongly asserted that he never supported the war, despite interviews he gave at the time suggesting he did. He criticized the Obama administration's handling of withdrawing U.S. forces, saying at least 10,000 troops should have stayed behind and that coupled with "taking the oil" would have prevented the rise of the Islamic State group.

Clinton pointed to the Iraqi government's unwillingness to agree to a Status of Forces Agreement that would give legal protections to American troops as a key in the decision to pull out.

The next debate will be October 9. Trump's running mate Mike Pence and Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine will have their only debate on October 4.