Reply #15: Hillary herself believes this. So does her husband. [View All]

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“I had this incredible moment of connection with the voters of New Hampshire and they saw it and they heard it. And they gave me this incredible victory last night,” she said during an interview with CBS. Analysis of exit polls from New Hampshire showed that women voters, traditionally her most loyal supporters, flooded back after deserting her for Barack Obama in last week's Iowa caucuses. Mr Obama narrowly edged Mrs Clinton for the female vote in Iowa primary last week but yesterday she enjoyed a clear 13-point lead.

Stunned aides savouring Mrs Clinton’s victory credited the “humanising” effect of the coffee shop incident as well as her performance in Saturday’s candidate debate in which she passionately defended her own record in office against Mr Obama's "message of change".

“They watched that debate. I think they saw Hillary Clinton and she contrasted the records. And I think the humanising moment yesterday, I think that’s what did it,” the Clinton campaign chairman, Terry McAuliffe, told MSNBC.

Bill Clinton too credited the brief glimpse of his wife's vulnerable side for her unexpected win. "People saw who she was," he said.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3160177.ece