Senator Hillary Clinton confounded public opinion polls to pull out a surprise victory Tuesday in the New Hampshire Democratic primary. New Hampshire voters also gave a dramatic comeback victory to Republican Senator John McCain, leaving a wide open race for both parties as the candidates fan out across the country to continue their campaigns for the presidential nomination. VOA's Cindy Saine reports from Washington.
Supporters cheer as Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton takes the stage in Manchester, New Hampshire, 8 Jan 2008
A beaming Hillary Clinton appeared on the national television talks shows on the morning after the primary, trying to explain how she defied the polls and political analysts to narrowly defeat the presumed front-runner in New Hampshire, Barack Obama.
Many experts pointed to an emotional moment on Monday when the normally tough Clinton let down her guard and her eyes welled with tears when asked by a woman voter how she was coping with the stress of the campaign trail. Clinton said Wednesday the question reminded her of why she is running for president.
"When the woman in Portsmouth said to me 'Well how are you doing?' you know, it just flashed through my mind, I have asked that question to people in so many settings across our country, and even the world, for so many years," she said. "And I felt like we are finally understanding that that is what it is about, it is about what we do for each other, it is about how do we hear each other, what do we care about each other."
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