Chelsea stumps for her mom in Youngstown, aided by actress Sally Field

YOUNGSTOWN

“Everything I care about most is at risk” in the year’s presidential election, Chelsea Clinton Mezvinsky told a standing-room-only crowd downtown Saturday.

Chelsea, 36, the only child Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and former U.S. President Bill Clinton, spoke for about an hour to about 150 who crammed into the Youngstown State University Community Room at the Covelli Center.

A number of her comments, the Stanford University grad said, came from her perspective as the “relatively new mother” of 2-year-old Charlotte and 3-month-old Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky.

Lending star-power to the event was Oscar-winning actress Sally Field, who credited doing summer stock theater in Ohio with helping her transition from television sitcoms like “Gidget” and “The Flying Nun” to more serious roles, such as “Norma Rae,” for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

“You gave me strength and support then, and that is what Hillary needs now: Your strength and support. You are the heart of America” she said to cheers and applause.

“Hillary Clinton’s experience as First Lady and Secretary of State makes her the most qualified presidential candidate in the history of the nation to serve as president,” she said, comparing her to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, whom she called “a huckster and a fraud.”

Read more about their visit in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.