Clinton's major challenge Wednesday night is not so different from the challenge she's confronted over the past few months: presenting the country with a positive vision for her presidency that is detached from her argument against Trump.
The Democratic nominee's day-to-day feuds with Trump have at times obscured her own message.
Her aides openly acknowledge that the process of running against such an unconventional candidate like Trump has made it hard for Clinton to stick to her talking points and share her personal story -- this is part of the reason the nominee has delivered a series of "Stronger Together" speeches in recent weeks centered around her decades in public life.