Hillary is desperate.
Via NBC News:
There were two first ladies on the stage Thursday, but the one running for president clearly came second.
“Seriously, is there anyone more inspiring than Michelle Obama?” Hillary Clinton asked the 11,000 who packed into a basketball arena here, making Clinton’s first joint appearance with Obama the largest indoor event of her entire campaign.
The crowd seemed to agree with the candid assessment. And Clinton spoke first, in a subtle acknowledgment that she was not the main event less than two weeks before Election Day.
The Democratic nominee has been open about the limitations of her ability to rouse an audience. So her campaign has brought in ringers to pack the stands, from Elizabeth Warren, whose draw in New Hampshire this week forced organizers to move the event outside, to President Obama, who set previous indoor-crowd size record for the campaign, at a event in nearby Charlotte.
Clinton has had her disposable more auxiliary surrogate power than perhaps any other presidential candidate in recent history. But it’s Michelle Obama who has emerged as the undisputed star of the 2016 campaign.
The first lady’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, in which she marveled about watching her daughters play on the lawn of an executive mansion built in part by slaves, and another about sexual harassment, have risen above the din of a grueling presidential campaign.
Clinton spokesperson Brain Fallon said the campaign can’t get enough of the first lady on the stump, calling her “an absolute rock star” and saying her “when they go low, we go high” mantra has become the guiding philosophy of the campaign.