Hillary Clinton says she regrets calling half of her presidential rival's supporters a "basket of deplorables."

But the Democratic Party's candidate for the White House insists she "won't stop calling out racism and bigotry" during the campaign for the White House.

She made the remarks at a fundraiser in New York:

The Democrat has since issued something of a retraction, saying she recognises that Trump supporters are hard-working Americans.

Mr Trump's vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence has condemned her original remarks: