Mrs Clinton has been coy about a possible White House run in four years' time.
It is the damage wrought to Mrs Clinton that is probably the most consequential.
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Mrs Clinton even sponsored a bill to ban the burning of the American flag.
Exit polls indicated that Mrs Clinton maintained her strength with these groups in West Virginia.
West Virginians' attitudes to race may also have helped Mrs Clinton, the surveys suggested.
Mrs Clinton was in the city as part of a four-day trip to Europe.
Mrs Clinton has surely not given up her ambition to become the second President Clinton.
Among black voters, though, Mrs Clinton's early strong lead has eroded in favour of Mr Obama.
Mrs Clinton remains a formidable candidate an experienced and intelligent politician, backed by a state-of-the-art political machine.
The days when Mrs Clinton could walk her way to the Democratic nomination have gone.
As Mrs Clinton gets to Monrovia, she should think long-term partner instead of strategic stooge.
At the top of Mrs Clinton's agenda here was North Korea's nuclear programme and Burma.
Mrs Clinton stressed the importance of China and the US working together on sensitive issues.
It would be a lesser place if it did not admire the amazing Mrs Clinton.
But, whether out of rage or calculation, Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton preferred to escalate.
Mrs Clinton was due to meet Mexican President Felipe Calderon at the end of her visit.
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He was introduced by Mrs Clinton, Republican Senator John McCain and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Mrs Clinton has often referred to Aung Sang Suu Kyi as a personal inspiration.
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If the only malcontents were Mrs Clinton's inner circle, Mr Obama could safely ignore them.
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And the toughest group to reassure may be the white working-class voters who backed Mrs Clinton.
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Mrs Clinton's supporters may try to argue that the Jeremiah Wright affair does just that.
At Mrs Clinton's campaign office in Creston, the lone staffer consults his boss by telephone.
Mrs Clinton knows the name of the local man who was injured there, of course.
On the Democratic side, Mrs Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama all have a shot.
It is all too easy to imagine Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton disagreeing messily.
In Pennsylvania, Mrs Clinton cut Mr Obama's popular-vote lead from about 700, 000 to 500, 000.
Mrs Clinton joined a chorus of local leaders warning Iran to stay out of Arab affairs.
Furthermore, some in the opposition worry that Mrs Clinton's cosying up to the regime is premature.
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