"For some people this election is about how you feel, it's about speeches," Clinton said. "Well, that's not what it's about for me. It's about solutions."
The former first lady opened an Ohio campaign marathon, sweeping across the state on a series of appearances lasting until the wee hours of Monday. Her first stop, in suburban Columbus, was aimed at firing up canvassers who were manning phone banks and knocking doors for her.
"Ohio is once again the center of attention, for a reason," Clinton said. "It truly does represent America, the hopes and aspirations, the challenges and opportunities, they are all right here in Ohio. It is a picture of America."
Clinton has lost the last 11 nominating contests to rival Barack Obama and was looking to primaries in Ohio and Texas for a campaign boost. Those states, and Rhode Island and Vermont, vote Tuesday. Polls show tight contests in Texas and Ohio.
"The last days leading up until Tuesday are ones where we really need you," Clinton told cheering supporters.
Clinton focused on her promise to provide health insurance for all, as well as her opposition to trade agreements that she said have drained thousands of jobs from the nation's industrial heartland, including Ohio.
"It's time we looked around and saw what's going on in the rest of Ohio," she said. "We cannot go on like this. It's morally wrong and economically stupid."
After stops in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland on Sunday, and Toledo on Monday, Clinton was returning to Texas late Monday for rallies in Beaumont and Austin. She also planned a televised town hall to be broadcast statewide in Texas on Monday night. Aides said she would await Tuesday's election returns in Ohio.
Her goal Sunday was to fire up supporters with a populist economic message, arguing she can make a difference for working families.
"We need a president who gets it," said Clinton, whose campaigned here just a few hours before Obama arrived for his own event. "The price of everything has gone up and the middle class is under tremendous pressure."
Clinton was betting that her experience would assure voters that she can see through her campaign promises, and she referred to a White House "I know very well." She argued that her accomplishments there and in the Senate mean far more than mere speeches, a reference to Obama.
"That's just words," Clinton said. "Our job is to make a difference."
