SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The candidate is on an outdoor stage, shoulders bobbing and weaving as two reggaeton performers dance around her. Welcome to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s most excellent adventure.
She had just given a 10-minute speech and would soon wade into the rope line, all smiles, signing T-shirts, taking pictures and otherwise mugging with a crowd that had waited more than four hours to see her.
Party leaders are demanding a quick end to the Democratic contest. Yet her legions of loyal backers have no qualms about pressing on. With the end of the primaries 72 hours away, Clinton appears unflappably amused.
“Campaigning in Puerto Rico is like one long Puerto Rican Day parade,” she said cheerfully Saturday, invoking the annual New York City event.
Clinton and her aides publicly say she remains determined to win the Democratic nomination. But they are clearly prepared for finality this week. Senior aides say they enter these last days believing, in the words of one campaign official, that they have “left it all on the field.” The Associated Press
