Northwest Indiana needs jobs, and she is the presidential candidate who will fight for them, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton told an audience of 5,000 Friday in Hammond.

Against an American flag backdrop at the Hammond Civic Center, Clinton declared, “It is time we have a president who stood for a comeback for Northwest Indiana.”

Imposing tariffs on steel imports would help foster that comeback and boost region employment, she said.

“My campaign is about jobs, jobs, jobs, middle-class jobs,” Clinton said.