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US election 2016: Clinton takes the stage while Trump takes the lead

Here's what happened on the campaign trail the week of July 25.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appear onstage together after his speech on the third night at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTSK0DG

Hillary Clinton became the first woman to officially lead a major party presidential ticket this week, and Donald Trump still managed to make it mostly about him.

Clinton made history on July 28 by accepting her party's nomination in Philadelphia, 240 years after an all-male delegation of patriots met in that same city to adopt the Declaration of Independence and 96 years after ratification of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing a woman’s right to vote. But Trump enjoyed a post-Republican convention popularity bump that saw him pull ahead of Clinton in the RealClearPolitics polling average, 45.6% to 44.7%.

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