Harking back to World War II patriotism, Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigned Wednesday for the energy plans she said she’d push as president. For star power, she also brought along home-improvement king Bob Vila.

Accompanied by Vila as she campaigned in New Hampshire, Clinton said she would ask citizens to invest in energy independence in the same way the country supported the military during World War II.

She outlined an Energy Independence Bond proposal, similar to U.S. savings bonds, during a town hall-style meeting. She said proceeds from her plan would pay for new energy projects and update the power grid _ so people could even sell their own unused electricity.

“During World War II, Americans purchased more than $33 billion in war bonds. We can appeal to that same sense of patriotism. ... Just as we came together then, we can come together now,” said Clinton.

She has spent this week talking about energy. In Iowa, she plugged her plan for a $50 billion strategic energy fund, coupled with tougher fuel efficiency standards financed in part by $20 billion in “green vehicle bonds.” It’s part of a package she calls the most comprehensive offered to tackle global warming.

“My plan to meet these challenges is based on the old-fashioned idea of shared responsibility. We all have a role to play,” she said. “It will take leadership _ but it will also take citizenship. It will take a movement for change from the ground up. That’s how America has always tackled our big problems.”

She made her case in Peterborough, where the library runs largely on wood pellets and the town has adopted a purchasing policy that strongly encourages recycled materials. It has one of the state’s highest rates of recycling.

“We can empower individuals with new tools and technology to lead the green revolution _ one home, one car, one business, one community at a time,” she said.

She said a new electrical grid would let consumers sell unused energy to their neighbors.

On a lighter note, Clinton said she expected to ask Vila, who has endorsed her, for advice in early 2009. “When we take back the White House, we’re going to have a lot of fixing up to do,” she said, to laughter.

She criticized President Bush and his administration for not doing more to promote energy independence and accused them of raising concerns in a hostile way.

“The president and vice president are using very belligerent language, talking about World War III. ... Mr. President, let’s get serious about energy independence, and let’s quit using threatening and using bellicose language,” she said.

She later mocked the president for asking people to put money into the economy after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

“President Bush, after 9/11, said ‘Go shopping.’ I’ll say ‘Go green.’”

A Republican National Committee spokeswoman said the only power Clinton cares about is her own.

“It’s not surprising that Hillary Clinton’s lead is plummeting in New Hampshire. Voters are tired of Hillary’s game of dodgeball on important issues like illegal immigration, and they want to know what she’s hiding in the millions of pages of documents that are still on public lockdown from her days in the White House,” Amber Wilkerson said.

(This version CORRECTS Corrects spelling of Vila throughout)