Story highlights "She lies and she smears and she paints decent Americans as racists," Trump said

Clinton launched an explosive new line of attack against Trump

Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton Thursday of "trying to smear" his supporters as racists.

Trump was speaking in advance of a rally at which Clinton launched an explosive new line of attack against the Republican nominee, drawing a line between him and the Ku Klux Klan.

"Now, I have not seen Hillary Clinton's remarks. And, in a sense, I don't want to dignify them by dwelling on them too much, but a response is required for the sake of all decent voters she is trying to smear," Trump said in a fiery speech here frequently interrupted by supporters chanting "lock her up" and "racist!"

"She lies and she smears and she paints decent Americans as racists. She bullies voters who only want a better future and tries to intimidate them out of voting for a change," Trump said. "Hillary Clinton isn't just attacking me, she's attacking all of the decent people of all backgrounds -- doesn't matter -- of all backgrounds who support this incredible, once in a lifetime movement."

A day earlier, Trump flatly accused Clinton of being a "bigot" for only seeing African-Americans as votes, part of his week-long pitch aimed at drawing African-Americans to his campaign.

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