“The most important thing is we need to take off so we can actually have some drinks served,” Clinton said. “My entire team is waiting for this airplane to take off.”

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“Nothing surprises me about him,” Clinton said when was asked about her Republican opponent’s debate performance. But, she added, “I was surprised by the absolute avalanche of falsehoods.”

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Clinton cited a fact-checking service that she said had rated 70 percent of Trump’s previous claims as false.

“I think he exceeded that percentage,” she said of Sunday night’s performance.

Clinton was asked whether she could sense Trump standing close behind as she answered some of the questions during the town-hall format, where both could roam the stage.

“Yes, I could,” she said. “It was a very small space, and I tried to give him space.”

Clinton’s husband, former president Bill Clinton, was also on the flight — the first time he’s traveled on her campaign plane — but did not speak to the press.

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Later in the flight, Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, shared his thoughts with the traveling press, knocking Trump for the “stunt” of holding a news conference before the debate with women who accused Bill Clinton of inappropriate sexual behavior.

“The stunt didn’t work, and, frankly, the debate didn’t work for Trump because this race fundamentally hasn’t changed,” Mook said.