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The US presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, has criticised her aides after she was accused of taking pre-arranged questions at a rally in Iowa. | The US presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, has criticised her aides after she was accused of taking pre-arranged questions at a rally in Iowa. |
The allegation was made by a student, who said a Clinton campaign aide asked her to pose a specific question. | The allegation was made by a student, who said a Clinton campaign aide asked her to pose a specific question. |
Mrs Clinton said she had been unaware her aides had planted the question. | Mrs Clinton said she had been unaware her aides had planted the question. |
Question-planting has been used in US campaigns, but is usually avoided because it can become an embarrassment for candidates when revealed. | Question-planting has been used in US campaigns, but is usually avoided because it can become an embarrassment for candidates when revealed. |
A student at Grinnell College, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, told her campus newspaper she had been asked by a Clinton aide to pose a question about global warming at a rally in Newton, Iowa. | A student at Grinnell College, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, told her campus newspaper she had been asked by a Clinton aide to pose a question about global warming at a rally in Newton, Iowa. |
"It was news to me," Mrs Clinton said, "and neither I nor my campaign approve of that, and it will certainly not be tolerated." | "It was news to me," Mrs Clinton said, "and neither I nor my campaign approve of that, and it will certainly not be tolerated." |
Planting questions is not illicit during US elections, but the allegations could affect Mrs Clinton's campaign. She has already been accused of avoiding tough questions, analysts say. | Planting questions is not illicit during US elections, but the allegations could affect Mrs Clinton's campaign. She has already been accused of avoiding tough questions, analysts say. |
Mrs Clinton is locked in a tough battle in the Iowa caucus with her Democratic opponents Barack Obama and John Edwards, and the revelations could affect her standing in opinion polls. | |
She enjoys a commanding lead nationwide, but an upset in Iowa, which kick-starts the primary season on 3 January, could give fresh impetus to her main rivals. | She enjoys a commanding lead nationwide, but an upset in Iowa, which kick-starts the primary season on 3 January, could give fresh impetus to her main rivals. |
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