Obama backers attack Clinton for exaggerating dangers of Bosnia arrival

Hillary Rodham Clinton had the Democratic presidential campaign trail to herself, but the camp of vacationing rival...

Hillary Rodham Clinton had the Democratic presidential campaign trail to herself, but the camp of vacationing rival Barack Obama challenged the former first lady on her claim to have landed in Bosnia 12 years ago under sniper fire. Clinton characterised the episode as a “misstatement” and a “minor blip.”

Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a written statement on Monday that her story “joins a growing list of instances in which Senator Clinton has exaggerated her role in foreign and domestic policy-making”.

During a speech about Iraq last week, she said of the March 1996 Bosnia trip: “I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.”

The Obama campaign statement carried Internet links to a CBS news video taken from the Bosnia trip and posted on YouTube. It showed Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, walking across the tarmac from a cargo plane, smiling and waving, and stopping to shake hands with Bosnia’s acting president and an 8-year-old girl.

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