(Corrects Clinton New Mexico delegate total in eighth paragraph of story published Feb 14.)

Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said her rival Barack Obama was offering ``speeches vs. solutions'' and portrayed herself as the candidate best able to spur the U.S. economy.

While Obama spent Valentine's Day with his family in Chicago, Clinton planned a full schedule of events across Ohio, which holds a primary on March 4 that is crucial to her strategy for regaining initiative after a series of losses to Obama over the past five days.

Clinton, 60, a New York senator, said Obama followed in her footsteps yesterday by pledging to create 5 million jobs in the ``green energy sector'' and proposing a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank to put $60 billion over 10 years into construction projects. She said she offered plans for both months ago.

``There's a big difference between us, speeches vs. solutions, talk vs. action,'' Clinton told workers after touring a General Motors Corp. assembly plant at Lordstown, Ohio.

After serving as the Democratic front-runner for the presidential nomination for most of last year, Clinton is now trailing Obama, 46, an Illinois senator, in the race for delegates who will decide the Democratic nominee.

Delegates

Obama has accumulated 1,034 pledged Democratic National Convention delegates to Clinton's 955, according to an unofficial tally by thegreenpapers.com, a nonpartisan Web site that compiles election statistics. The count doesn't include the 796 so-called super delegates, Democratic Party officials and officeholders who aren't bound by primary or caucus results and can back whomever they choose.

A candidate needs at least 2,025 delegates to win the Democratic nomination at the party's convention.

Clinton picked up 14 more delegates today when she was declared winner of the Feb. 5 New Mexico primary. Brian Colon, chairman of the state's Democratic Party, said Clinton received 73,105 votes to Obama's 71,396. The state completed its count today.

``I am so proud to have earned the support of New Mexicans from across the state,'' Clinton said in a statement.

Ohio, Texas Primaries

Along with Ohio, Texas also holds its primary March 4. The two states have a total of 334 pledged delegates available, and Clinton has campaigned in both over the past two days. Before Texas and Ohio vote, Democrats hold caucuses in Hawaii and a primary in Wisconsin on Feb. 19.

Clinton today renewed attacks on Obama over his record and rhetoric.

The former first lady said Obama let the nuclear industry ``water down'' legislation that he was pursuing and unwisely voted for an energy bill that benefited special interests.

``You can't just talk about the special interests,'' she said. ``You have to take them on.''

Obama's spokesman accused Clinton of distorting Obama's positions and being hypocritical.

``Barack Obama doesn't need any lectures on special interests from the candidate who's taken more money from Washington lobbyists than any Republican running for president,'' Bill Burton said.

Chafee Endorses Obama

Obama was endorsed today by former Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, another state holding a primary March 4.

Chafee, who was defeated in the 2006 congressional election, left the Republican Party in September and registered as an independent. He told reporters that Obama has the ability to ``bring people together to solve complex issues of the economy, environment and global stability.''

Both Obama and Clinton are stepping up their focus on the economy, an issue that has favored Clinton in the past. In a Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll published Jan. 25, Democrats named the economy -- along with the Iraq war -- as their top concern; Clinton was favored by those voters by a 2-1 margin.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee today that Fed officials have lowered their forecasts for economic growth after the U.S. lost jobs in January and consumer spending was threatened by falling home and stock values and rising energy costs.

Clinton told the GM employees that she is in the best position to create new jobs and help revive the economy.

``Speeches don't put food on the table, speeches don't fill up your tank, speeches don't fill your prescriptions,'' Clinton said. ``That's the difference between me and my Democratic opponent. My opponent makes speeches, I offer solutions.''

She said her proposals would close loopholes that encourage outsourcing, fight predatory lending practices in the student loan industry and curb practices such as sudden rate increases in the credit card industry.

To contact the reporter on this story: Kristin Jensen in Ohio at kjensen@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: February 16, 2008 09:12 EST