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By Max Greenwood<\/strong><\/p>\n

DES MOINES, Iowa \u2013<\/strong> As presidential hopefuls in both parties amped up their campaign pace over the weekend, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton held steady.<\/p>\n

The former secretary of state attended nine \u201cGet Out the Caucus\u201d events in the three days leading up to Monday night’s caucus, while her chief rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, held 14 events.<\/p>\n

But what Clinton lacked in quantity, she made up for in intensity. In her final set of pre-caucus rallies on Sunday, she sharpened her rhetoric on key Democratic issues, including economic inequality, climate change and the Affordable Care Act.
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Joined by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and her daughter Chelsea, Clinton delivered a fiery assessment of the GOP candidates, saying recession was more likely under a Republican president, and that the economy fares better under Democrats.<\/p>\n

The Republican candidates, she said, “want to rip away the progress that we\u2019ve made. They want to rip back rights that have been extended. They want to go back to trickle down economics that wrecked our economy, and they would do it again,\u201d Clinton said at a packed rally at Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Faced with a challenge from the left in Sanders, Clinton has expanded her pitch to paint herself as a long-time progressive who has fought for middle class Americans and has stood up to Wall Street. Sanders has gained traction in the race as an impassioned Democratic socialist, railing against a rigged economic system and calling for a \u201cpolitical revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

That position has won the Vermont senator support among college students in Iowa\u2019s more liberal eastern half, particularly in the state\u2019s main college towns, Ames and Iowa City. Barack Obama dominated those areas in the 2008 caucuses, and Clinton has worked to\u00a0 align herself with the president in hopes of tapping the same voter base.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were losing 800,000 jobs a month. Nine million Americans lost their jobs, nine million lost their homes and $13 trillion in family wealth was wiped out,\u201d Clinton said of Obama’s welcome to the White House. \u201cI don\u2019t think President Obama gets the credit he deserves for making sure we didn\u2019t fall into a great depression.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Sanders has primarily campaigned in Iowa\u2019s larger cities, Clinton\u2019s campaign has been more evenly spread between the medium and smaller counties, said Pete Giangreco, a Democratic strategist in Chicago who worked on Barack Obama\u2019s 2004 Senate race and his two presidential campaigns. That breadth of support, Giangreco said, could help Clinton turn out caucus-goers.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s running in all 99 counties, and trying to reach as many Clinton supporters as possible,\u201d Giangreco said. \u201cIt\u2019s a much more data-driven campaign, and it\u2019s a very smart strategy, whereas Sanders is banking on a lot of newcomers in just a few places.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clinton has long held the lead in Iowa polls, but faces a narrowing gap with Sanders in recent months. A Des Moines Register\/Bloomberg Politics poll<\/a> released Saturday gave Clinton\u00a0 a narrow lead of 45 percent to 42 percent, with former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley a distant third in single digits.<\/p>\n

And while polls show Clinton faring better among more traditional Democratic caucus-goers in the state, much of Sanders’ support comes from a potentially large group of first-time voters.<\/p>\n

Sanders strategy has rooted itself in reaching large crowds with\u00a0 rallies in expansive venues. That strategy, however, doesn\u2019t guarantee the turnout that Sanders may need to win,\u00a0 Giangreco said. \u201cIt\u2019s not about winning people, it\u2019s about winning delegates, and Hillary Clinton seems to understand that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: More than 2,600 supporters attend Hilary Clinton’s final pre-caucus rally at Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2015. (Max Greenwood\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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