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On her 12 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Monday, host Andrea Mitchell was in panic mode, fretting that the rash of terror attacks over the weekend would hurt Hillary Clinton’s campaign: “...this is exactly what a lot of the people around Hillary Clinton had been concerned about, some incident. We recall how San Bernardino and the Muslim ban was – elevated Donald Trump and gave him this tough persona....He is now polling better than Hillary Clinton in the ability to combat terrorism.”
Moments later, Mitchell turned to correspondent Kristen Welker and worried: “...this really does put Hillary Clinton on the spot. She has campaigned on her resume, on her advantages in having been part of the administration, Secretary of State, a senator on Armed Services. Yet, Donald Trump is still communicating toughness in a way that she hasn't been able to.”