The strategy seemed to be to goose turnout in Pgh and Philly and the Dem voting suburbs to overcome the rest of the state. I attended the rally she had in Pgh right after the Dem convention, but it was a small venue, a 3rd floor ballroom of the David Lawrence Convention Center. It was a good rally and her policy positions were smart and thoughful, but she struck me as just not a natural campaigner. I've also been to 4 appearances by Bill Clinton, including one he did in my hometown in 2008 on her behalf, and honestly no comparison.

Personally, I think she'd have been better off doing small events in some of the larger "red" counties like where I live. From all reports she's warm and funny in person among her friends. She might have been more relaxed in the smaller, more intimate gatherings. I think she'd have won over voters who otherwise just had this media characature of her developed over 30+ years of Clinton bashing. In PA, that might have been enough to carry the state, but we'll never know.