Hillary feels the Bern, plans ‘Tonight Show’ visit to fire up support

Now it’s Jimmy Fallon’s turn to make presidential campaign news. He’ll open his “Tonight Show” stage to Hillary Clinton on Sept. 16, NBC says.

In the wake of Jeb Bush, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden bookings by CBS “Late Show” rival Stephen Colbert, NBC announced Tuesday (on Sanders’ 74th birthday) that the former New York senator, secretary of state and first lady will stop by to chat.

It will be her first late-night talk show appearance as a candidate. Her appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” is set to air Thursday.

Clinton got bad news Tuesday from the latest NBC News/Marist poll, indicating that Sanders is backed by 41 percent of Democratic voters in New Hampshire, the first primary state. Clinton had 32 percent and Vice President Joe Biden had 16 percent support.

Fallon’s parade of presidential wannabes also includes a Friday night visit by Republican front-runner Donald Trump Clinton’s appearance comes the night of the second GOP debate.

Hillary Clinton will stop by “The Tonight Show” http://t.co/oWPvCB1FsE pic.twitter.com/thwWfp4nnI

— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) September 8, 2015

Hillary Clinton will show more humor and more heart, her aides say http://t.co/cxlKemGtnL

— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 8, 2015

Bush on Colbert tonight. Clinton on Fallon next week. Here’s the backstory you haven’t read anywhere yet: http://t.co/a3d2ASczkh

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 8, 2015