Hillary Clinton took the stage tonight to cement history and become the first woman to accept a major political party's nomination for the presidency. After her daughter, Chelsea, introduced her [1], Clinton moved to unify not just her party, but every undecided voter. That included Bernie Sanders's seemingly stubborn supporters [2]. She acknowledged his inspiring campaign and, more significantly, she brought up the issues he's championed: "I want you to know, I've heard you. Your cause is our cause." It was a notable moment during a speech that went on to be less about partisan politics and more about fostering the values that America was founded upon.

Clinton went through a list of ideals, which could garner support from both sides of the aisle, and then made a simple proposition: If you agree with these things, I'm your candidate. She said:

"If you believe that every man, woman, and child in America has the right to affordable health care — join us! . . . If you believe we should expand Social Security and protect a woman's right to make her own health care decisions — join us! And yes, if you believe that your working mother, wife, sister, or daughter deserves equal pay — join us!"

Clinton also vowed to fight income inequality, offered an agenda for providing debt-free college, promised to introduce sensible gun control measures, and pledged to fight climate change — because she "believes in science." Her speech offered an olive branch to those unsure about her possible presidency, pointing out that she alone cannot fix our problems — as Donald Trump asserted he could.

Clinton didn't miss a chance to go after her opponent. She told Americans we cannot afford to elect Trump as president [3], warning: "A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons."

Clinton closed her speech with a call to all Americans: "Let's be stronger together, my fellow Americans." And she recognized the historic nature of the moment: "When there are no ceilings, the sky is the limit."

.@HillaryClinton [4] concludes acceptance speech: "Let's be stronger together" to "make America greater than ever" https://t.co/bAX49jF74w [5]

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 29, 2016 [6]