Hillary Rodham Clinton's bizarre reference to Robert F. Kennedy's assassination Friday came at the worst possible time -- a moment when many in her campaign were angling for a graceful exit and the candidate herself was plotting a final push to win the overall popular vote.
Barack Obama, campaigning in Puerto Rico, dismissed the remark as a "careless" gaffe -- but longtime analysts say it could cost her a vice presidential offer or even hasten her exit from the seemingly endless nomination fight.
"I think this is it -- she's done," predicted a top Obama staffer shortly after Clinton, before a South Dakota editorial board on Friday, invoked the timing of Kennedy's 1968 assassination to defend her decision to remain in the race.
Clinton never mentioned Obama by name, but some of his allies interpreted the comment -- which she later apologized for -- as a suggestion the Illinois senator was a potential target.
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