US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a campaign rally at the Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, on October 15, 2012 13.52 The Telegraph's US editor, Peter Foster, writes that Barack Obama is probably sick of taking lessons in political persuasion from Bill Clinton, but when he meets Mitt Romney in the second presidential debate on Tuesday he must take another leaf out of the Clinton playbook - he must make ordinary people believe again: After an inexplicably herbivorous performance in Denver, the pundits and campaign aides have been promising that Mr Obama will draw blood in New York, however the problem now confronting the president after four difficult years in office cannot be solved by aggression alone. Certainly Mr Obama must combat Mr Romney; he must be quicker on his feet and sharper in his ripostes (it's no good rebutting claims in speeches and adverts the day after) but, most importantly, the President needs to show he still has something to sell - even if he doesn't really. 13.36 Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State overnight attempted to draw criticism away from Barack Obama by saying she took full responsibility for the security failures that led to the death of the US ambassador to Libya. Here is our full story and video. Mrs Clinton told CNN: I take responsibility. I want to avoid some kind of political gotcha. 13.30 BST (08.30 Eastern) Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the US Election as we count down to tonight's crucial debate. US election: October 15 at it happed US election: Vice-presidential debate - live reaction US election: Vice-presidential debate