It's the little things that go a long way in politics.

Despite what the media may have told you, the New York primary was not a make-or-break moment for the Hillary Clinton campaign. Clinton still held a 200+ delegate lead over Bernie Sanders and even if Sanders had somehow managed to secure an upset victory, he still would have been a longshot at best to win the nomination. Despite that simple fact, the Clinton campaign wanted to make a statement. Not only had Bernie Sanders won 7 out of the last 8 primaries and caucuses but he also had insisted that he had an "excellent chance" of winning Clinton's home state of New York. Despite being a closed primary and polling that consistently put Sanders at least 10 points down, Clinton took nothing for granted. Both Democratic candidates knew how important New York was and each of them went about earning the vote in their own unique way, serving as an important distinction between the philosophies of both political campaigns.