Sen. Hillary Clinton asked Albuquerque voters tonight to help her make history.

But her address Saturday before about 3,000 people at the Highland High School gym spent little time on her opponent in Tuesday's 22 Democratic nominating elections ­-- Illinois Sen. Barack Obama -- and instead vilified the Bush adminstration and weathly executives of oil and health insurance companies.

"There's so much at stake. Our country has been muddling through for the last seven years. We have had leadership that has tried to govern by fear, that has failed to address the problems, that has not called us to do more on behalf of America," Clinton told the roaring crowd. "And I am hoping that we will have the opportunity come Jan. 20, 2009, to repair the damage and move our country forward again."

Clinton, joined by daughter Chelsea, began her address at 9:30 p.m. -- delayed by more than an hour after mechanical problems delayed her flight to Tucson from California, she said.

But once she arrived, Clinton energized a waiting crowd by providing her vision for America under a second Clinton Administration.

"I see an America where once again, people don't feel like the deck is stacked against them," she said. "If they get up and work hard they will get rewarded."

She pledged to create a Strategic Energy Fund by removing tax subsidies given to oil companies and instead provide incentives for clean-energy technologies. Noting that Exxon-Mobil this week reported a $40 billion profit in the last quarter, she proposed a windfall profits tax that will also be used to fund clean energy.

"I don't think they need your tax money to make that kind of profit any more," she said. "We've got to do this for our security and we've got to do this for our planet. Contrary to President Bush, global warming is real."

She pushed her health care proposal -- called the American Health Choices Plan -- calling it the only initiaive that is truly a "universal" health care plan.

Under her plan, people happy with their insurance plan can keep it. Otherwise, any American -- specifically the uninsured -- can have access to the same health care plan that Congress has -- a proposal similar to one being promoted by Obama. Under such a proposal, prices drop as more people join the plan.

"Insurance companies are not so happy with me, but they haven't been for a long time. They said we wouldn't be able to make enough money that way," she said. "I'm offering them a different business model. They can make money. They just cannot deny Americans any longer the right to have the health care that should be provided to each and every one of you."

Under her education plan, she pledged to provide a $3,500 tax credit for each child, to increase the amount of federal Pell Grants and make them year-round, to allow students to earn $10,000 a year toward college tuition for serving in a national service, and to help people entering a public service to pay down their college debt.

Her immigration reform plan involves deporting those undocumented immigrants who have committed a crime, while "bringing people out of the shadows and registering them" if they are among the majority who haven't commited a crime.

"Yes, they violated the law and they need to pay a fine and a signifcant fine," she said of that majority of illegal immigrants. "They have to pay back taxes to contribute to programs that support American families. And they need to learn English.

"Employers will no longer be able to drive wages down, exploit the undocumented, and take jobs away from hard-working Americans."

Paul Lindsay, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, offered a statement in anticipation of attacks by Clinton on the Republicans.

“Senator Clinton’s visit to Albuquerque caps off a week in which her candidacy was rejected by those who are very familiar with her record," Lindsay said. "Having been snubbed by Ted Kennedy and Moveon.org, voters in New Mexico have good reason to question why anyone can put their trust in the Clinton candidacy.”

Sheila Jordahl had no reason to question Clinton.

The former Highland High School student stood near the back of the gymnasium waiting for the senator to arrive. It had been a while since Jordahl had set foot in that gym.

To be exact, it's been almost 37 years since the day of her high school graduation in 1971.

She came because she believes in Clinton's qualifications.

And, like many others inside the gym tonight, she feels she could be witnessing history -- the making of the first female president.

"I believe she has a lot going for her," Jordahl said.

Clinton left tonight en route to St. Louis. Another Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, will spend Sunday in Red River to watch the Super Bowl with Gov. Bill Richardson.

Obama visited Albuquerque on Friday, and his wife is expected to make a campaign stop in New Mexico on Monday.

Before she left Saturday, Hillary Clinton offered her own nod toward history.

"I want you to hire me for the hardest job in the world and I want you to know what I will do for you," she said.

"Let's go make history together."