Hillary Clinton Gambles in Choosing Small Events Over Huge Rallies

[Mechanicos]

Hillary Clinton Gambles in Choosing Small Events Over Huge Rallies
 LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- As she continues to battle two candidates fueled by monster crowds and widespread enthusiasm, Hillary Clinton has committed to a campaign strategy that prioritizes the exact opposite.

While Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump consistently whip seas of fans into frenzies, Clinton often favors modest public appearances that rely heavily on policy and can seem almost intentionally boring.

Over the last year, in at least a dozen states, Clinton has dedicated hours and hours to events so small that members of the media often match or outnumber the attendees.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds a discussion with women and families on work-life balance and family issues during a visit to a cafe in Stone Ridge in Loudon County, Virginia May 9, 2016. KEVIN LAMARQUE / Reuters

 Her campaign is hopeful this uncommon campaign style will pay off in Tuesday's Kentucky primary, where she made a point of hosting low-key events with voters in the lead-up to today's contest.

In a primary election where Sanders and Trump continually draw thousands, Clinton has only matched her largest crowd - the campaign's Roosevelt Island launch rally crowd of 5,000 - once.
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they claim it is her strategy, but I think it’s because no one is interested in hearing from her. If she could draw thousands of wildly cheering supporters, you bet she’d be out there loving every minute of it.

The article says that she drew 5,000 at the rally where she announced she was running, and has only reached that number one other time. Most of her rallies are small, pathetic affairs. In California, the day Trump had about 20,000 people, she was eating waffles with 70 people.

[Chieftain]

Besides the coughing fits during speeches, she appears to have problems standing for extended periods, which is why you see her seated so often.

Serious health issues...

 

[sinkspur]

This article was written before the Kentucky primary.  You can bet her campaign is organizing large rallies for the general.

[Mechanicos]

This article was written before the Kentucky primary.  You can bet her campaign is organizing large rallies for the general.

Not where she is the Draw. Democrats will go to already existing large crowds to make it look like they have crowd. But Hillary needs people bussed in.

[WAC]

They're saying she's having small groups because she can't bring in the larger ones!!... It's that simple.

We saw that throughout her Primary....never happened for her...not once.....but Billy's pulling them in when he shows which is why
we're going to be seeing a lot more of him in the General.....

Interesting that Bill said she had to do this herself and he wouldn't be campaigning for her unless she needed a push over the line at the end of the general.....yet he's been out there drawing crowds for months..

The guy thinks he's running...and that's not to far from the truth!

[WAC]

Not where she is the Draw. Democrats will go to already existing large crowds to make it look like they have crowd. But Hillary needs people bussed in.

Clinton has started scheduling closed-door events that don’t ask for crowds  no doubt to reduce the number of chances on the campaign trail that people will notice how minuscule Hillary’s rally crowds are compared to those of Trumps.....just as she did in the Primary... heck only  1,300 people from the Bay Area ,one of California’s most populated regions, could muster up the energy to rally for Clinton before the crucial California primary...and the media outlets kept it quiet.