Hillary Clinton to campaign in Tampa before Democratic convention

Hillary Clinton will spend two days campaigning in Florida before the Democratic convention begins next week.

Clinton has scheduled events in Orlando and Tampa on Friday, and in South Florida on Saturday, her campaign announced Monday. The Tampa event will be a rally at the Florida State Fairgrounds. The campaign did not provide any further details on the Orlando and South Florida events.

Members of the public can try to get tickets for the Tampa rally here and for the South Florida event here. The RSVP site says Clinton will talk about the economy.

The presumptive Democratic nominee is expected to name her running mate right around that time. Doing so in Florida -- or traveling to Florida immediately after the announcement -- could be a way to get lots of news coverage in the crucial battleground state. It could also rob Republican Donald Trump of some coverage following prime-time Thursday speech at the Republican National Convention.

The Democratic National Convention will begin next Monday in Philadelphia.

This story was originally published July 19, 2016 at 8:01 AM with the headline "Hillary Clinton to campaign in Tampa before Democratic convention."