Virtual tie takes battle to New Hampshire

Jaswinder Singh Baidwan

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Hillary Clinton's struggle in Iowa to fend off underdog Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, reignited questions about her ability to close the deal with Democratic voters and turned up the pressure on her high-profile White House campaign.

The Democratic presidential front-runner, whose campaign ran off the rails in Iowa in 2008 against Barack Obama, was dealt another setback on Monday in the Midwestern state that begins the 2016 race for the presidency.

Hillary was pushed to a virtual tie with Sanders, a 74-year-old US senator from Vermont. Next up is New Hampshire, which holds its primary on February 9.

“She has had every possible structural and organisational advantage and Sanders fought her to a draw,” said Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California.

“This is almost a moment by moment rerun of 2008," Schnur said. "The difference is her competition is not as tough this time.”
 
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