She came across as presidential he looked like an asshole

He tried to tie her to anything and everything that happened and she did not effectively remove herself from the blame of world politics.

Where to start?

I mainly agree with you, but I think Lester Holt being such a horrible moderator helped Trump. Holt failed to control Trump for most, if not, all of the debate. Throughout most of the debate, as Clinton tried to defend herself Trump tried to prevent her from speaking. On the other hand, I do not think Clinton interrupted Trump once. It is hard to defend yourself when someone refuses to let you speak and you are trying to be polite.

He came off looking like a sputtering moron who couldn't complete a thought.

Her "Let's let him blame me for everything" and his response showed him to be an idiot.

she kicked his ignorant ass.

Just like she didn't need to address his claim that she's been fighting ISIS her "entire adult life."

I think Hillary won this hands down, but I'm speaking about the red meat that she left on the table. Hillary won the last 3/4ths of the debate. Trump won or tied the first 1/4th. We need pure shutout as they are setting the bar so low for him.

She could have gone down a long line. But that would have just let pressure off of dipshit donnie. She did great by saying that and keeping up the attack on him in just 2 sentences at the same time.

forum with so called "undecideds" and I can see the audience being riddled with Cons pretending to be other so I'm not sure that approach would work in that setting.

Hillary does very well in town hall type settings where individuals ask questions.

I'm speaking of how I felt before she pulled away. She clearly won, but she is not being nearly as aggressive in pointing out the bullshit arguments he is making. When I watch recaps, if you just watch the first 15 mins, it's not clear who won... I'm saying she needs to come out stronger... taking stuff for granted is the reason why this race is even close in the first place.

to work with and bone up on.

What I'm saying is, let's push her in the right direction for future debates.

for now - there are two more debates

Routinely rhyming off all the problems of the country and issues from around the world, some real and some vastly exaggerated, and then insist we can do a better job. Rarely would you be required to provide an actual solution, just critique the incumbents, tie them to "disasters" and tell everyone you're the only guy who can fix the problems, details to come later.

Drumpf is so full of hot air, it's unbelievable.

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I think she should have pointed that out more during the debate.

Just being close to the executive office all these years is enough but you know how GOP-ers parse things.
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apologizing again for the emails when releasing tax returns should not be fair consideration for that. But he looks like a bully making that demand anyway.

I actually liked that she took responsibility for her actions, said she made a mistake, and then tried to move on to other things. Compare that to Donald Trump and the birther issue, along with other issues. Trump is still trying to blame others and not take responsibility for his actions. He could have easily said, "You know what I made a mistake. For years I said things I should not have said. If I could go back and do it over again I would change things. I would now like to move on to other things."

Imagine if Hillary changed positions on something of which she had been so firm a backer as he was with the birtherism.

... he was little more than a wet puddle.

At the end, she calmly walks up and shakes Holt's hand. Then engages the crowd.

Meanwhile, Trump is staggering around back by the podiums, totally lost and unsure of where he is or what has just happened to him.