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Clinton campaigning in Iowa over Labor Day weekend as race enters fall
She said she is ready to press Republican front-runner Donald Trump about specifics of immigration plan after blasting him on women's rights
New tactic comes after slump in polls that shows her losing to socialist senator Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire and lead in Iowa slipping

By Associated Press and Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 00:51 EST, 7 September 2015 | Updated: 07:50 EST, 7 September 2015

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Campaigning in Iowa over Labor Day weekend, Hillary Rodham Clinton said she is ready to take on Republican opposition and will press for specifics on immigration proposals by front-runner Donald Trump.

The Democratic presidential candidate said in Cedar Rapids Sunday that 'the other side has said they will spend, do and say anything to win back the White House.'

She added: 'I am absolutely confident that whatever they throw at me, I can throw it right back.'

Clinton made the comments before more than 100 people gathered at a private house party. She also campaigned earlier in the day before crowds packed inside and outside a Newton coffee shop called Uncle Nancy's.

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Hillary Clinton said Sunday that she would begin to press Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on immigration, one day after blasting him on women's rights

On Saturday Clinton said referenced a previous Trump comment and said 'I'd rather you stop 'cherishing women' and start respecting women'. Above, Trump in New York on Thursday

Clinton pledged to raise incomes, expand early childhood education and defend the Affordable Care Act. She also called for immigration reform and questioned the immigration proposals from Trump.

'I'm going to be pressing very hard to get specifics, because there aren't any specifics,' Clinton said. 'This is just the kind of political rhetoric that doesn't belong in our election.'

She has taken to going after Republican rivals in a more direct way since coming back from her summer vacation, criticizing them on women's rights on Saturday.

She referenced Trump's statements that he 'cherishes' women when he was accused of misogny in a dispute with Fox anchor Megyn Kelly,.

'Well, if it's all the same to you Mr Trump, I'd rather you stop 'cherishing women' and start respecting women,' according to ABC.

The former secretary of state also shot back at former vice president Dick Cheney on Sunday, after he had criticized the Obama administration's deal with Iran to limit the country's nuclear capabilities.

'Iran was on a pretty fast track toward a nuclear weapon when Barack Obama became president,' she said, according to Bloomberg.

Clinton did not take any press questions and did not discuss her use of a private email system at the State Department.

The return to campaigning in Iowa comes as a new NBC poll show her giving up part of her lead in the state, and also losing ground to Democratic nomination rival Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire.

Clinton's new tactic comes as the campaign goes into the fall and a new poll shows her trailing Democratic nomination rival Bernie Sanders (center) in New Hampshire. Above, Sanders in California last month

A head-to-head poll of Clinton versus Trump shows the former secretary of state beating the businessman in New Hampshire but losing to him in Iowa

In July her lead over the socialist senator was 24 percentage points, but it has now shrunk to 11 points, with 38 per cent of likely Democratic primary voters supporting her and 27 supporting Sanders.

Sanders leads Clinton in New Hampshire, which is next to his home state of Vermont, with 49 per cent of voters compared to the former secretary of state's 38.

Vice President Joe Biden, who is considering a run for the White House but hasn't declared, saw 20 and 12 per cent support in the respective Iowa and New Hampshire polls.

The NBC survey also asked respondents about possible Republican-Democratic matchups saw Clinton lose to both Trump and Jeb Bush, the GOP candidate who has raised the most money, in Iowa.

Against Bush she had 39 per cent support as opposed to the former Florida governor's 50 per cent

In New Hampshire she beat Trump 46 per cent to 45, but was behind Bush with 43 per cent to his 48.

Clinton is set to appear at Labor Day events Monday in Cedar Rapids, Burlington and Hampton, Illinois.