Politics | Hillary Clinton Clinton Retools for Nastier NH Push Campaign predicts victory, plans to play experience angle By Kevin Spak Posted Jan 4, 2008 12:22 PM CST Copied Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., walks off stage following her caucus night rally, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Associated Press) After an embarrassing third-place Iowa finish, Hillary Clinton is refocusing on New Hampshire and taking the gloves off. Her campaign plans to aggressively paint Barack Obama as too inexperienced for the presidency, Politico reports. Clinton barely mentioned Obama’s name in Iowa, but now you can expect attack ads to fly. “Being the underdog will be very liberating,” said one Clinton supporter. Despite John Edwards' second-place showing, Clinton is convinced he's done for, and she's preparing for a two-horse race with Obama, who last night proved he could excite voters. The wave of women voters the Clinton camp was counting on did show up but didn’t back her. Clinton’s chief strategist downplayed Iowa’s importance. “We really have a full month to Feb. 5,” said Mark Penn. Read These Next English tests pull thousands of truckers off the road. Author of bestselling memoir about depression dies at 35. ChatGPT is going to get sexy. Lots of people are worried. Andrew is still a prince, but he's no longer a duke. Report an error