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Instead, Clinton subtly knocked -- but did not name -- George W. Bush twice in a speech where she portrayed herself as a progressive fighter.

"If you look at the evidence, at the end of Bill Clinton's two terms, we had the longest peacetime expansion in American history with 22 million new jobs, a balanced budget and a surplus that would have paid off our national debt if it had not been rudely interrupted by the next administration," Clinton said to loud applause from the assembled Dartmouth College students and local Democrats.

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Clinton argued that "there is just a pattern" in which a Republican President wrecks the economy and it is left to the succeeding Democratic President to fix it. As her proof, Clinton pointed to both her husband and President Barack Obama, who she argued does not get enough credit for his response to the recession when he took office 2009.

"There is just a pattern here where the other side keeps using the same old tired, failed policies. They don't work," Clinton said. "And then Democratic presidents have to come in and fix what was broken."

And as a pitch for herself, Clinton said, "So lets break that and have a Democratic President to continue the policies that actually work for the vast majority of Americans."

Clinton's visit to New Hampshire for the Fourth of July holiday is her fourth to the first-in-the-nation primary state since she launched her campaign in April. To date, the campaign has focused on small events and organizing, something Clinton's aides hope will pay off at primary time in January 2016.

At Friday's event, Clinton delivered her standard stump speech to a crowd of around 850, the campaign said.

"We have to take on the gun lobby one more time," Clinton said in a pitch for gun control. "At the very least, we need to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers, people with serious mental challenges, terrorists, all of whom now are perfectly free to go and find a gun somewhere. This is a controversial issue, I am well aware of that. But I think it is the height of irresponsibility not to talk about it. So I will talk about it."

Clinton spoke at length about how difficult the presidency is, calling it the "hardest job in the world," but one she knows she wants.

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