Much of her speech describes opponent as a fear-monger with no policy credibility

Hillary Clinton on Thursday claimed her place in history as the first woman presidential nominee of a major US party, promising economic opportunity for all and rejecting Donald Trump's dark vision of the United States.

Pledging to be a president for "all Americans", the former secretary of state received thunderous cheers from thousands of delegates in the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia where she called for unity in a nation at a "state of reckoning".