Bill Clinton in Park City on Thursday for fundraiser

In an op-ed for the Deseret News, Clinton pitched herself as a champion for religious freedom and Trump as the opposite, pointing in particular to his proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from immigrating to the United States.

The fact that the report was read from the briefing room in the State Department, just a few hundred yards from the office once occupied by Hillary Clinton is a special kind of irony.

Clinton hammers Trump on his call to ban Muslim immigration to the country, saying it would “undo centuries of American tradition and values”, while citing her own work as secretary of state, saying it was a “cornerstone of our foreign policy to protect the rights of religious minorities around the world”.

In the op-ed, Clinton mentions several high-profile Mormons, including 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who in March gave a speech in Utah warning voters that “the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished” by voting for Trump.

In her op-ed, Clinton relied on those Mormon voices to build her own case against Trump.

She writes that she, along with former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman – who became the U.S. Ambassador to China – “stood in solidarity with Chinese Christians facing persecution from their government”.

Clinton quotes Sister Rosemary M. Wixom, a leader in the Mormon church, who said, “As individuals we are strong”.

Clinton’s campaign says it can not confirm any event details or whether the candidate or her husband would make any public appearances.

Trump has been highly critical of Romney, the first-ever Mormon to be nominated for president by a major party. The paper is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But when faced with the choice between Trump and Clinton, voters appear to be divided: A recent poll shows Trump in the lead, at 37 percent, and Clinton at 25 percent.

She quotes former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who said Trump “fired before aiming”, and Utah’s Republican Gov. Gary Herbert, who did not join other GOP governors past year who threatened to stop accepting Syrian refugees out of terrorism fears.

Paul Edwards, editor and publisher of the Deseret News, said, “Given the interest that has been focused on Utah voters this year, we reached out to both campaigns and were very pleased that Secretary Clinton would be willing to speak directly to Deseret News readers”.