US faces ‘real battle for democracy’ against far right, says Hillary Clinton

Speaking at a Guardian Live event, the former presidential candidate says the Capitol riot was a terror attack' that shows a new internal threat'

Hillary Clinton has said that the US was still in a real battle for our democracy" against pro-Trump forces on the far right, seeking to entrench minority rule and turn back the clock on women's rights.

At a Guardian Live online event on Monday, Clinton fended off suggestions that the world was now witnessing the twilight of US democracy, but said: I do believe we are in a struggle for the future of our country".