Favorite polls, Democrat of 69 years hope to become, a quarter century after the election of her husband Bill Clinton, the first woman president in the history of the United States.
She arrived in New York in the early evening, where she will refine her team to "feather" the speech which will deliver, whatever the election results in a conference center in the glass roof, the Javits Convention Center.
Donald Trump, 70, who planned to watch the results from the imposing Trump Tower in Manhattan, launched in his colorful style on Twitter, a last-minute appeal: "This election is FAR FROM BEING PLAYED!" .
All eyes are on some key states that could decide the outcome of the election in the first place Florida. If the populist billionaire fails to prevail in the state where the Hispanic vote will be crucial, he could say goodbye to his chair dreams.
"It is time that a woman wears the pants" are launched Tuesday Leonor Perez, 74, Clinton by voting in Hialeah, near Miami.
Wall Street, anticipating a victory of Hillary Clinton, ended higher Tuesday for the second consecutive day.
The first polls close on the east coast at 1900 (0:00 GMT Wednesday) and the very first partial results are expected soon after. The winner should not be known until 0300 GMT.
- A bitter taste -
The campaign, particularly violent, often made personal attacks, left a bitter taste in a country more divided than ever and has increased the distrust of the Americans towards their political class.
Donald Trump, forced to rely on a spectacular start in several states, has promised a "power Brexit three" refers to the surprise of the British vote to leave the European Union.
"Americans are pretty strange. They love the show, but when to take a serious decision, they know how to do," commented Joyce Woodson, Alexandria (Virginia), confident in a victory over the Democratic candidate.
The winner of the election will succeed January 20th Barack Obama, first black president of the United States, the first election in 2008 had raised hopes of a more united country.
Long queues stretched Tuesday outside many polling stations around the country, according to AFP journalists on the ground.
"I hesitated a bit in between but I did not trust Hillary, so that's what tipped the balance," explained Katie Kope, 19, after voting for Trump in the borough of Staten Island in New York.
Donald Trump was briefly booed when he went to vote at a school near the Trump tower where he lives on Fifth Avenue in New York.
Hillary Clinton voted with her husband near their home in Chappaqua, a suburb north of the city.
"So many people rely on the result of this election, what this means for our country, and I will do my best if I win today," she said.
- Outsider against the "elite" -
The Democrat has on minorities, graduates white voters and women who constitute the majority of the electorate (about 52% in the presidential earlier).
The one that was in turn first lady, New York senator and head of American diplomacy, has an impressive resume, but his personality little enthusiasm.
Donald Trump, often abrupt, often unpredictable, galvanized a small white electorate that feels left out the face of globalization and demographic change.
Candidate unlikely that no one saw coming, the populist tribune himself as the outsider determined to end the corruption of the political elite who he said "bled the country white."
Accused of xenophobia and sexism by his opponents, the former host star in a reality TV show has never held any elective office.
Before Tuesday, some 42 million Americans, about the nearly 200 million registered had already taken advantage of opportunities for early voting.
The Americans also voted on Tuesday to renew 34 of the 100 Senate seats in Washington, and the 435-seat House of Representatives.
Twelve of the 50 states also elect new governors, and dozens of local referenda are held on issues ranging from the legalization of marijuana for the abolition of the death penalty in thirty states.
Barack Obama, who had already voted in his hometown of Chicago, has given him a ritual that touches superstition election days: he went to play basketball with friends.
In 2008 as in 2012, it had succeeded. The question is whether it will work for his former secretary of state, for which he campaigned vigorously for months.
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