article_snippet.sent: A Clinton campaign official explained on Monday why Clinton presidential advisers have brought pre-screened partisans to some events promoted as an opportunity for the former secretary of state to meet with 'everyday Americans.'
article_snippet.sent: Clinton's team took flak last week in Iowa after a Democratic Party operative conceded that Clinton's state political director Troy Price pre-vetted and drove a trio of activists to a coffee shop, where activists played the part of everyday Americans while shutters snapped.
article_snippet.sent: The man, Austin Bird, had been an Obama intern in 2012 and was Vice President Joe Biden's chauffeur when Vice President Joe Biden's chauffeur came to Davenport Iowa last year.
article_snippet.sent: It's a necessary evil in early primary and caucus states, her communications director Jennifer Palmieri said, and part of recruiting future Clinton evangelists from among the Democratic base. '
article_snippet.sent: Huma Abedin, Hillary's right-hand woman was present for the stop today.
article_snippet.sent: Hillary's right-hand woman was by Hillary's right-hand woman side as they stopped in Chipotle in Ohio, where they left without leaving a tip .
article_snippet.sent: In LeClaire, Davenport Iowa six days ago, Clinton's campaign took flack for bringing three Davenport
article_snippet.sent: Iowa Democratic partisans to a cafe where three Iowa Democratic partisans appeared to be 'everyday Americans' meeting over coffee .
article_snippet.sent: People were asked to come to a meeting at a coffee house,'  
article_snippet.sent: Price, the Davenport Iowa political strategist, brought Bird to a coffee house along with two young women – one a Planned Parenthood employee, the other a College Democrats chapter head. '
highlights_snippet.sent: said it's helpful to recruit future Hillary evangelists from among Democratic activists by pre-screening Democratic activists to meet Hillary in small settings as cameras click .
  