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Watch: Hillary Clinton Campaigns with Elizabeth Warren in NH

Warren tells Donald Trump "nasty women vote," agrees with Trump's suggestion that Sen. Kelly Ayotte is "weak."

MANCHESTER, NH — Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren and Maggie Hassan took the stage together at St. Anselm College Monday, in a down-to-the-wire bid to put a bow on the state's coming general election contest.

In little more than two weeks, voters will go to the polls to select electors to cast ballots for the next president of the United States. New Hampshire’s four Electoral College votes are key to a victory for either Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump in 2016. Democrats are pushing for a win that polls suggest is within their grasp.

Also in the party's sites is the Senate contest between incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte and challenger Hassan, the sitting governor.

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Bringing the passion was southerly neighboring senator Warren, a liberal firebrand whose de facto role in this election cycle has been to stoke the flames of Democratic outrage against Trump.

She did that and then some Monday in New Hampshire, seeking to shackle Ayotte to Trump, and ensure his plunging polling numbers pull her under, too.

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"Donald Trump has made Kelly Ayotte dance," Warren said, invoking Trump's previous criticism of the New Hampshire senator. "And Donald Trump is right -- Kelly Ayotte is weak."

The state needs "smart, tough women" like Clinton and Hassan, Warren argued.

The Trump line Warren referenced came after Ayotte criticized his statements about a Gold Star family's Muslim faith and patriotism.

In a Washington Post interview, he said, "I don’t know Kelly Ayotte. I know she’s given me no support, zero support, and yet I’m leading her in the polls. ... We need loyal people in this country. We need fighters in this country. We don’t need weak people. We have enough of them."

Fractious as that relationship has been, Warren sought to rope Trump and Ayotte into one, and to depict the senator as indecisive at best, as it pertains to her party's nominee.

"Now that Trump's not doing so well, Kelly Ayotte is running from him," Warren said.

She also had words for Trump himself, warning him in his own words that "nasty women" will "march our nasty feet to the polls" and vote.

"Nasty women have really had it with guys like you," she said, as Clinton applauded and beamed behind her.

That comment came from Trump in the form of an interjection during last week's final presidential debate, and has become a rallying cry for a certain subset of women Democrats.

Warren also led the crowd into several rounds of chanting for the nominee, imploring them to vote, volunteer, and "fight for Hillary Clinton."

Clinton for her part offered Warren a standing ovation and lavished praise on the senator.

"I don't know about you, but I could listen to Elizabeth go on all day," Clinton said, to cheers. "I am so looking forward to working with [Warren] to rewrite the rules of our economy."

Trump was in the state 10 days ago holding a massive rally before about 7,000 people in Portsmouth, according to press reports. It was the third time in two weeks he had visited the state and then held a second rally in Maine later in the day on Oct. 14.

You can watch a recap of the event below.

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Data from New Hampshire shows Clinton with an 8 percent spread, according to the RealClearPolitics.com average. Last week, a WMUR-TV/UNH Survey Center poll had Clinton with a whopping 15 percent lead. However, the poll over-sampled registered Democrats by more than 10 percent even though Republicans have a registration advantage of more than 9 percent in the state, leading many politicos to question the accuracy of the 15 percent lead. A poll released five days before from WBUR showed Clinton with a 3 percent lead. The breakdown of the WBUR results were not posted online.

Both Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein are also on the ballot and have been polling in the single digits, with Johnson flirting with 10 to 11 percent in recent polls. Stein was at 6 percent – her highest numbers of the cycle here – in a recent Emerson College poll. Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente is also on the ballot in New Hampshire.

With reporting by Alison Bauter, Patch staff

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