What was the greatest challenge washington and the continental army faced prior to the battle of trenton?

The biggest challenge that they faced prior to the battle of Trenton is that it made them scared and in addition, it was terrible for them. They had lost the following battles, supplies in the army had started to lack.

which time period is this? or is this story fictional, i'm going to need more info to answer this question

when a country suffers, for example, a drought period, the market product is affected for a low offer, in this case, potatoes; the government has to tax to the households, which have to give more money for the potatoes which they consume, that situation make them consume substitute goods even through loans, it could increase the financial market movement and the inflationary phenomena, the business has to increase salaries in order to the employees could buy a more expensive food (potatoes) and in order to inflation tha business had to buy expensive supplies in the factor market, while the rest of the world have to gain more money to consume the same amount of potatoes.