Clinton Traces a Friendly Path, Troubling Her Party

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Hillary Rodham Clinton in Columbia, S.C., last month. If she is nominated, she does not plan to campaign much in red states. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times

By JONATHAN MARTIN and MAGGIE HABERMAN

Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to be dispensing with the nationwide electoral strategy that won her husband two terms in the White House, opting instead to retrace Barack Obama’s narrower path.

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