How Hillary Learned to Trust Herself

Clinton leaving a Jan. 6 campaign event at a Nashua, N.H., high school.
Clinton leaving a Jan. 6 campaign event at a Nashua, N.H., high school. Obama may be inspirational, but Clinton is now inspired
Anthony Suau for TIME

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But we in the press have to be smarter too. We were wildly stupid in the days before the New Hampshire primary, citing Clinton meltdown after Clinton meltdown—the tears, the flash of anger in the debate—that never really happened. We really need to calm down, become more spin-resistant, even if our sleep-deprived sources tend to overreact to every slip and poll dip in the campaign. If we are lucky, this will be a long and complicated race—which is exactly what this country deserves right now—and we need to watch it with our very best, most patient eyes, just as the public seems to be doing.

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