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What? Endless questions and accusations about Hillary Clintons email arrangement at the State Department dont get you excited about supporting Mrs. Clinton for president?

The Clinton campaign, hoping to turn a corner after a summer of news dominated by the email story, has been working to showcase the candidates lighter, more personal side. She played opposite Jimmy Fallon as Donald Trump on The Tonight Show, danced with Ellen DeGeneres and looked at old photos from her life in an interview with super-fan Lena Dunham.

The campaign has also worked to capture on video small moments where Mrs. Clinton interacts with supporters and posts a steady stream to her Facebook page.

But none of that may compare with whats coming Saturday nightan appearance on Saturday Night Live, the late-night comedy show that relentlessly mocked her last spring.

The appearance is step one in a pivot month for Mrs. Clinton. She has the chance to show command of the issues at the Democratic debate on Oct. 13, and the opportunity to answer Republican critics directly when she appears before a House committee later in October. After that comes Iowas high-profile Jefferson-Jackson dinner.

In a string of sketches before the shows summer hiatus, actress Kate McKinnon mercilessly played the former secretary of state as cold, calculating and plotting to become president her entire life. Like here:

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Now Mrs. Clinton is set to appear on the SNL season premier this Saturday, and its a decent guess that she will appear alongside Ms. McKinnon or somehow respond to her. It went well for Mrs. Clinton when she appeared on the show in 2008. Later, in the year, after Mrs. Clinton lost the Democratic primary to Barack Obama, she received gentle poking, particularly compared with the shows treatment of Republican Sarah Palin.

Appearing on stage now allows Mrs. Clinton show shes not being laughed at, but is laughing along.

Shes not the butt of the joke. Shes in on the joke, said Geoff Garin, a Democratic pollster who works for the pro-Clinton super PAC Priorities USA, referring to the upcoming SNL appearance.

Mrs. Clintons friends and people shes worked with have long said that she is much warmer and funnier than many voters ever see. The effort to showcase that side of her personality goes back at least to her husband, Bill Clinton, was running for president in 1992.

During that campaign, Democraticpollsters wrote a memo tothe campaign suggesting ways to reduce voters discomfort with Hillary and counter impressions of her as a tough political wife.

When she became first lady, the concerns continued that she was seen as a tough, partisan figure who couldnt relate to average voters. A memo released last year by the William J.Clinton Presidential Library laid out a plan for softening Mrs. Clintons image.

Few Americans think of you in personal terms (warm, caring, funny, kind, maternal) or have a sense of your deep love of children, the unsigned, undated memo reads. Suggestions for changing that included shopping frantically for Christmas presents, caroling (maybe with Chelsea and some of her friends) during the holiday season, working out, making scrambled eggs for Sunday brunch.

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DAVIE, Fla. (WSVN) -- Climate change and living wages were among the topics Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton discussed while speaking at Broward College's Davie campus, Friday afternoon, an attempt to reenergize her base in the Sunshine State.

About 700 supporters attended the grassroots organizational meeting that started at around 3:30 p.m. at the B. George Mayer Gymnasium, an hour after the scheduled start time. "I thank all of you for being here," she said after stepping up to the podium.

Unlike recent events held by the Democratic hopeful, which have dealt with specific subjects such as women's rights and the Cuban embargo, the roughly 30-minute talk was a broad event aiming to drum up more support for her campaign among diehard Democrats. "Registering to vote, being active in the campaign, working to elect your candidate, hopefully me," she said.

But trouble seemed to loom for the Clinton campaign, from the controversy over the use of a private e-mail server while she served as secretary of state, to the candidacy of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who has raised almost as much money as Clinton has over the last three months. "I think Democratic [candidates] will have a few bumps up and down, not to the extent of the very volatile Republican primaries," said former Broward Democratic Chair Mitch Caesar.

Clinton covered a variety of issues in her speech. "My campaign is focused on making sure the economy works to raise incomes and provides jobs to everybody willing to work hard and do your part," she said.

She also reiterated her support for "Obamacare." "Now, when it comes to health care, I'm going to defend the Affordable Care Act," she said.

Possible solutions for environmental challenges were also on the candidate's mind during the event, drawing cheers from the crowd. "We're gonna combat climate change by transitioning to clean energy jobs and businesses, and you know, if anyone should be about this, it ought to be the people in Florida," she said.

In the wake of the Oregon college shooting on Thursday, Clinton also spoke about gun violence, saying many politicians are scared of the National Rifle Association. "I am going to fight for new, effective gun control measures," she said.

The former New York senator praised her husband's handling of the economy in the 1990s. "At the end of eight years, we had 23 million new jobs," she said.

Clinton supporter David Mastos, who was selling Hillary buttons on a day off from running his own business, said this was exactly what he wanted to hear. "My restaurant, my small mom and pop restaurant that I work in in Sarasota, Florida, was very prosperous back then, and I'd like to see that again," he said.

Clinton made several other stops in South Florida Friday, including private fundraisers at a home in Fort Lauderdale and in Miami Beach. She also made a surprise visit at the American Airlines Arena, briefly taking the stage with singer Marc Anthony at his concert.

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Clinton's third quarter fundraising brings her total haul to $75 million, aides said. And while it is less than the $45 million Clinton's campaign raised in the second quarter, it appears the campaign is likely to reach it's $100 million goal by the end of 2015.

Sanders' fundraising is closing in on Clinton, however, despite only ever headlining seven fundraisers as a candidate. Michael Briggs, Sanders' spokesman, said Wednesday night that the campaign has $25 million cash-on-hand after raising $15 million in the second quarter.

Clinton and Sanders raised their money in very different ways.

Hillary Clinton's Golden State dash for cash

A bulk of Clinton's haul came from events she personally headlined across the country, a labor intensive process for the candidate that has required her to spend considerable amounts of time on the fundraising trail.

Clinton personally headlined 58 fundraisers from July 1 to September 30, a pace identical to the 58 fundraisers she headlined in the second quarter. In the last week she has personally headlined over dozen events.

And based on CNN's analysis of figures provided by the Clinton campaign, the 2016 candidate likely raised well above $22 million at the events she personally headlined.

Sanders, on the other hand, rarely personally headlines fundraisers. At an event earlier this summer in Seattle, the candidate joked that he was a little uncomfortable speaking at a packed bar where people paid to see him.

Almost all of Sanders' haul came from the campaign's sizable online fundraising operation. Briggs said the campaign has received 1.3 million donations from 650,000 donors since launching earlier this year.

What's more, since most of Clinton's fundraisers asked donors to pay $2,700 -- the primary campaign maximum -- many of Clinton's donors are likely maxed out. Sanders average campaign donation was $24.86, meaning the candidate can go back to many of his supporters again and again.

"We are thrilled and grateful for the support of hundreds of thousands of donors across the country, helping us raise a record $75 million in the first two quarters," Robby Mook, Clinton's campaign manager, said in a statement.

After releasing their fundraising haul on Wednesday night, hours before the quarter officially closed, Clinton aides touted their number as the largest off-year third quarter haul by a non-incumbent.

Clinton aides said Wednesday that 93% of their third-quarter donations were $100 or less.

Fundraising totals are both practically and symbolically important. Money is the lifeblood of any presidential operations, but campaigns quarterly fundraising hauls are regularly used to show signs of strength and weakness.

And for Clinton's campaign, a sizable and expensive operation, quarterly fundraising is even more significant. Clinton's campaign spent 40% of the money it raised in the second quarter.

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At closed fundraisers around the Bay Area on Monday and Tuesday, Clinton told familiar stories from her stump speech, talking more about policy and personal priorities than politics.

At a 150-person event at a hilltop home in Saratoga, Clinton called for investment in "a big infrastructure program" and told the audience of tech investors "that one of the biggest opportunities that we are missing is getting really serious in the fight against climate change."

"I have set some big goals," Clinton said, before talking at length about equal pay and affordable education and pledging to defend the Affordable Care Act. Though the event was closed, part of her speech was audible from the street.

She repeated her familiar line on women's issues: Telling the audience that if Republicans want to say she is playing the gender card, her response is "deal me in!"

These events are very much in Clinton's comfort zone and are part of a comprehensive effort to post an overwhelming fundraising number for the third quarter, which ends Wednesday. It is especially important now as Sanders has surged in the polls of late, and the email controversy continues to hamper her campaign.

Attendees at the four Bay Area fundraisers said Clinton rarely attacked Republicans and made no mention of Sanders or emails.

In total, Clinton will have personally headlined 58 fundraisers from July 1 to Sept. 30, a pace identical to the 58 fundraisers she headlined in the second quarter.

After leaving California, she headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, for a Monday night fundraiser hosted Erskine Bowles, Bill Clinton's former chief of staff, and his wife, Crandall.

On Wednesday, the last day of the quarter, Clinton will headline a quarter closing party at the 40/40 Club, a club owned by rapper Jay-Z that is known more for its late night parties than its political fundraisers.

Based on CNN's analysis of figures provided by the Clinton campaign, the 2016 candidate likely raised well above $22 million at the events she personally headlined, a figure that does not include fundraisers headlined by surrogates and the campaign's digital fundraising operation.

Overall, the former secretary of state covered 22 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and spent most of her time in California (for 11 fundraisers) and New York (for 13 events).

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The campaign raised $45 million in the second quarter, the most ever raised by a campaign in their first full quarter, and while aides are hopeful they'll post a similarly sizable haul, they are lowering expectations by saying the third quarter has historically been the least profitable for political campaigns.

Aides have long said that they hope to raise $100 million by the end of 2015, a goal that the campaign will likely be able to meet.

Fundraising totals are both practically and symbolically important. Money is the lifeblood of any presidential operations, but campaigns quarterly fundraising hauls are regularly used to show signs of strength and weakness.

And the amount of time Clinton has spent fundraising - the former first lady broke up her vacation to raise money in New York - ups the ante on her haul.

The small size of the events is helping Clinton win over people who already sizable amounts of money - between $1,000 and $2,700 - to meet her.

"Maybe it is always true that when you see somebody in person you really feel their humanness," said Janet Harrington, a retired school teacher who attended the event in Saratoga. "But she seemed smart, sincere, and such a wonderful contrast to all those Republican clowns."

Harrington said she fell in love with Obama in 2008 and went into the Monday event hoping to "feel that same kind of enthusiasm for Hillary." After the event, Harrington said Clinton "put me over the edge."

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Other attendees, like Ruchi Goyal, an engineer and product executive at eBay, said she was struck by how much time Clinton spoke about policy, particularly issues not always discussed like infrastructure and mental health.

"She didn't really bash anyone," said Robert Villarreal, vice president of Global Accounts at Tintri, a Silicon Valley digital storage company. "I think she is going to have to get into that pit that all politicians seem to fall into but I think she didn't really get into it today."

Clinton told stories about her granddaughter, spoke the need for comprehensive immigration reform and pledged to do what she can to help refugees from Syria at a late afternoon event in Belvedere, and took questions from the young people (under 18) at the fundraiser designed for kids and their parents.

While Clinton's quarter ending push for cash has been a success for the campaign - the former first lady has headlined 15 fundraisers in the last week - it offers her opponents a strong contrast.

Sanders, Clinton's most formidable Democratic opponent, has only headlined seven fundraisers in his entire time as a candidate: Two in Los Angeles and one in Seattle, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, and New York.

And the candidate is not very involved in fundraising, according to campaign aides. While Sanders writes his own fundraising emails and "knows it matters," he rarely checks in on fundraising and is more interested in other aspects of the campaign.

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Instead, his campaign is focused more on turning their sizable online following into donations. During the second quarter, Sanders raised about $15 million from 400,000 donations of around $33.51.

In emails to supporters over the last week, Sanders' campaign has asked for small donations, hoping to reach 1 million contributions by the end of the day on Wednesday.

"In just three days, we'll close the books on a critical FEC fundraising deadline," Jeff Weaver, Sanders' campaign manager, wrote in an email. "We have a chance to announce that our supporters have made 1 million online contributions faster than any presidential campaign in history."

Clinton will likely not compete with those small donor figures, but that doesn't mean she won't try. In an email to supporters on Monday, Clinton's campaign asked for $1 donations, a clear sign the campaign wants to expand its donor base before the close of the quarter.

The subject line: "Hillary needs your help today."

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Separately on Friday, a State Department official said a "small number" of Benghazi-related emails that had not been disclosed to the House committee investigating the 2012 terror attack had been discovered.

In the past few days, the State Department was contacted by the Department of Defense about the Clinton-Petraeus chain, two State Department officials said. The officials say the chain does not appear to include classified information, though an official determination has not been made. The chain included Clinton and Petraeus getting acquainted as well as some personnel matters, according to the officials.

Most of the email chain was on an old email server Clinton says she no longer has access to, but the end of the email chain contained messages on the private server she used while in office, according to another official. The chain begins on January 10, 2009 and ends on Feb. 1, 2009 and contains less than 10 emails total between Clinton and Petraeus, the official said.

State Department spokesman John Kirby said State received "several copies of one email chain between former Secretary Clinton and then Commander of U.S. Central Command David Petraeus which were not previously in the possession of the Department" from the Department of Defense and the State Inspector General. "These emails are now in our possession and will be subject to Freedom of Information Act requests. Furthermore, we asked the IG to incorporate this matter into the review Secretary Kerry requested in March. We have also informed Congress of this matter."

Also on Friday, a State Department official also told CNN that in the process of turning over Libya-related emails to the Select Committee on Benghazi, it found a "small number" of Benghazi-related emails that had not been disclosed to the committee previously. These emails are among 925 Libya-related emails being turned over Friday and were found within the emails Clinton turned over to the State Department from her private server. The official said the emails were found because they have now been digitized and are easier to search.

Clinton turned over to State her work-related emails from the server and kept emails she deemed personal. The email server has since been turned over to the FBI, where investigators have been able to recover both the personal and work-related emails. The FBI is looking into whether any classified materials were mishandled.

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