Her speech to the Economic Club of Pittsburgh was designed to soften some of the criticism she has faced from Republicans who brand her a ‘socialist.’

The Democratic presidential nominee will offer her economic plans, including ways to boost manufacturing, during a speech in Pittsburgh.

Kamala Harris’s speech on the economy on Wednesday was designed to reassure voters that she is not a Marxist. “I’m a capitalist,” she told voters at the Economic Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – the state that could offer either her or Donald Trump a path to the White House in November.

Vice President Kamala Harris will seek to put some meat on the bones of her economic agenda, intending to convey that pragmatism will be her guiding economic principle. The big picture: Her speech in Pittsburgh is aimed at assuring voters that she is no wild-eyed radical on economic issues,

Vice President Kamala Harris expounded on her economic platform Wednesday when she delivered a speech at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, after the nominee has already called for an “opportunity economy” focused on the middle class and released plans that include lowering grocery and prescription drug prices and addressing the housing crisis.

Vice President and presidential nominee Kamala Harris returned to Pittsburgh on Wednesday as her focus on Pennsylvania sharpens in the final few weeks ahead of the election. KDKA-TV's Mamie Bah reports.