Democratic Primary Tightens

Hillary Clinton responded to the tightening race with Bernie Sanders on Thursday by arguing early polls that showed her with a sizable lead were "artificial."

Clinton, in an appearance on "The Tonight Show," agreed that she and Sanders are "in a tight race," a fact that she finds "pretty exciting."

After noting she and Sanders are close, host Jimmy Fallon reminded Clinton that she once "had a 20-point lead at one point."

"That is really artificial, all of those early soundings and polls," Clinton said. "Once you get into it,...

Conventional wisdom, 2007: Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination in a cakewalk. Conventional wisdom, 2015: Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination in a cakewalk.

Everybody knows what happened to the conventional wisdom once 2007 turned to 2008. Certainly Clinton does. This time around, even as she amassed advantages that may still prove insurmountable, her campaign put forth a strong message: "We get it. We’ve changed."

But after a promising start, Clinton's campaign has taken an abrupt, confused, strategic turn. And a familiar crassness has returned to a campaign...