### Clue: Path rather difficult claiming benefits in the end for poor Americans (7,5)
### Answer: TRAILER TRASH 
 ### Explanation: Definition: poor Americans
 TRAIL(a path) + **anagram of**(difficult) RATHER **containing**(claiming) **the last letter of**(… in the end) "benefits ".
Defn: … derogatively, derived from the trailer parks they live in.