Hillary uses husband Bill's old soundbite

US: Hillary Clinton left a US audience with a strange sense of deja vu - after delivering a powerful line bearing a striking…

US: Hillary Clinton left a US audience with a strange sense of deja vu - after delivering a powerful line bearing a striking similarity to one uttered by her ex-president husband 14 years ago.

"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be fixed by what is right about America," said the New York senator and former first lady, who is being tipped for a 2008 presidential bid, to a Hispanic organisation in Washington.

Bill Clinton's inaugural address in January 1993 contained almost exactly the same statement.

"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America," he told the nation then.

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At the same time Ms Clinton was talking, the other half of the political power couple was elsewhere in the city giving a 45-minute speech touching on issues including immigration, global warming, Aids and obesity.