It's Clinton vs Trump in 'race to the bottom'

Washington

THE protagonists are set: Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump. The battleground? Fifty states. Voters will now be treated to a historic, bruising spectacle as two of America's most polarising figures wage war for the White House.

On the Democratic side is a candidate rich with political experience, a pioneering, if controversial, stateswoman embracing her chance to become the nation's first female commander-in-chief.

The Republican standing in her way is the brash billionaire businessman and political neophyte who rewrote the campaign playbook as he vanquished his many rivals for the n…