Hillary Clinton Fights Back Coughing Attack

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Hillary Clinton struggled to fight back a coughing fit while campaigning in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday.

Sept. 5, 2016, 4:16 PM EDT / Updated Sept. 5, 2016, 4:16 PM EDT

By Andrew Rafferty

Clinton Turns Coughing Fit Into Joke About Trump

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Hillary Clinton struggled to fight back a coughing fit while campaigning in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday.

“I've been talking so much,” Clinton said with a hoarse voice. "Every time I think about Trump, I get allergic."

The former secretary of state has suffered from coughing fits at times throughout the Democratic presidential primary.

However the frog in Clinton’s throat on Monday was one of the most aggressive she’s had during her 2016 run and left her almost unable to finish her remarks.

After the event, campaign aides attributed it to allergies.

Andrew Rafferty

Andrew Rafferty has been a political reporter for NBCNews.com since 2013. Rafferty writes and reports on politics for the web, and shoots and produces video for all NBC platforms.

Prior to joining NBCNews.com, Rafferty was a campaign reporter covering the 2012 presidential election. Rafferty was on the road for both the Republican primaries and general election, providing content for both the web and television.

Rafferty began at NBC News through a fellowship at "Meet The Press."

He is from Buffalo, N.Y., and attended John Carroll University in Ohio.

Monica Alba contributed.

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