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Clinton’s Message, and Moment, Won the Day
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Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times

A newly victorious Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton gave live television
interviews on Wednesday from her home in Chappaqua.

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By PATRICK HEALYPublished: January 10, 2008

At first, the moment seemed like a disaster: The televised images of
the teary-eyed exchange Hillary Rodham Clinton had with a New
Hampshire voter about the rigors of the campaign caused her advisers
to express fears that it would badly undercut her message of strength
and experience.

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Women, in particular, responded: Several said they chose to vote for
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occurred because of several key moments — some planned, some not.

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hands and taking pictures with voters, because some of her advisers
believed that Iowans wanted those up-close encounters.

Former President Bill Clinton also campaigned steadily for her in New
Hampshire and fine-tuned his stump speech from Iowa to focus on her
accomplishments. Mr. Clinton also made a car insurance angry attack on Mr.
Obama at a campaign stop on Monday; aides say the attack was not
planned.

According to a survey of voters leaving the polls Tuesday, Mr. Clinton
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Michelle Evans, a New Hampshire Democrat and stay-at-home mother, said
Mrs. Clinton handled the likability question well. “I believe in her,”
Ms. Evans said. “I think she is a likable candidate.”

Ms. Evans’s friend, Kerri Christopher, a Democrat who works in
marketing and has three young children, added that Mrs. Clinton
“exhibits lots of compassion that Obama didn’t.”

In an interview on NBC’s “Today” show on Wednesday morning, Mrs.
Clinton cited the Saturday debate as the turning point for her
candidacy in New Hampshire.

“It was the first time that the leading candidates actually were asked
some very pointed questions about what we stand for, what we’ve done
to help other people, what our accomplishments are and what we want to
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Reporting was contributed by Marjorie Connelly, Ashley Parker, Yardena
Schwartz, Sarah Wheaton and Jeff Zeleny.

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