'In it to win it' - a look back at the Clinton campaign
Jan. 22, 2007 Hillary Clinton enters the 2008 Democratic presidential race as the clear front-runner, declaring "I'm in it to win it."
Aug. 26 The Democratic National Committee strips Florida of its delegates for scheduling its primary before Feb. 5. Michigan later receives the same sanction. Most of the candidates, but not Clinton, remove their names from the Michigan ballot.
Jan. 3, 2008 Barack Obama rolls to victory in Iowa caucuses. Clinton finishes third behind John Edwards.
Jan. 7 The day before the New Hampshire primary, Clinton tears up answering a question about the race's impact on her, saying, "I couldn't do it if I just didn't passionately believe it was the right thing to do."
Jan. 8 Clinton narrowly wins in N.H., drawing on support of women voters. She tells supporters "Over the last week, I listened to you, and in the process I found my own voice."
Jan. 26 Obama wins South Carolina primary, rolling up huge margins among African-American voters.
Feb. 5 Obama wins a majority of the 22 states holding contests on Super Tuesday, but Clinton prevails in larger states, including California and New York.
Feb. 9 Obama wins Louisiana and Washington, kicking off a nearly monthlong streak of 10 consecutive victories. Many of Obama's wins are in states largely ignored by Clinton, enabling him to build a lead in pledged delegates that would become insurmountable.
Feb. 12 Obama wins convincingly in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
March 1 Clinton appears on "Saturday Night Live." The show featured a skit (above) parodying the media for treating Obama gently.
March 4 Clinton wins primaries in two delegate-heavy states, Ohio and Texas (Obama carries a separate Texas caucus), to break Obama's winning streak and keep her campaign alive.
March 21 Former candidate Bill Richardson endorses Obama. The move quickens a surge of superdelegates toward Obama.
March 24 Clinton says she "misremembered" the event when confronted with evidence contradicting what she had been telling supporters about landing under sniper fire in a 1996 visit to Bosnia while first lady.
April 22 Clinton soundly defeats Obama in Pennsylvania. She uses the victory in another swing state to argue that she would be a stronger candidate in the general election.
May 2 In the week leading up to the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, Clinton proposes a summerlong gas-tax holiday. Obama calls it a "phony scheme."
May 6 Obama wins decisively in North Carolina, while Clinton narrowly survives in Indiana.
May 14 Former rival and 2004 vice presidential nominee John Edwards endorses Obama.
May 23 A furor erupts after Clinton defends staying in the race by pointing out that previous races have dragged on, and "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."
May 31 In a raucous meeting, the Democratic Party's rules committee reinstates Florida and Michigan delegates but with only half a vote each. The move draws fire from the Clinton campaign.
June 1 Clinton wins decisively in the Puerto Rico primary, and tells supporters that she now leads in the total popular vote.
June 3 Obama clinches nomination.
SOURCE: News reports
