Clinton throws weight behind Obama

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Under pressure from senior officials to help unite the party behind Mr Obama, the former first lady wasted no time in her eagerly-awaited prime-time address.

"I'm here tonight as a proud mother, a proud Democrat, a proud senator from New York, a proud American and a proud supporter of Barack Obama," she said. "My friends, it is time to take back the country we love.

"And whether you voted for me, or you voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. We are on the same team and none of us can afford to sit on the sidelines.

"This is a fight for the future and it is a fight we must win together."

The 60-year-old New York senator went on: "I haven't spent the last 35 years in the trenches, advocating for children, campaigning for universal healthcare, helping parents balance work and family and fighting for women's rights here at home and around the world to see another Republican in the White House squander our promise of a country that really fulfils the hopes of our people."

She said she and Americans had not "endured the last eight years" to "suffer through more failed leadership".

"No way, no how, no McCain," she said.