Hillary Braces for Defeat in New Hampshire as she admits she is behind in the polls and Vermont Bernie is loved by his neighbors

A day after her near loss in the first nomination contest of 2016 Hillary Clinton began suggesting that she could come in second in a second state, New Hampshire, behind Bernie Sanders.

Clinton told CNN she was 'aiming' for a win in the Granite State but couched it in New Hampshire's tendency to vote for politicians from nearby states.

'I know that they tend to favor their neighbors. That's the pattern, the history of the primary. And Senator Sanders is a neighbor,' she told Wolf Blitzer today. 

A day after her near loss in the first nomination contest of 2016 Hillary Clinton began suggesting that she could come in second in a second state, New Hampshire, behind Bernie Sanders

Clinton told CNN she was 'aiming' for a win in the Granite State but couched it in the state's tendency to vote for politicians from nearby states like Sanders, who represents Vermont in the U.S. Senate

Two: That's how many contests Clinton will have lost or nearly lost to Sanders if she doesn't win in New Hampshire on Tuesday

Clinton waves beside Gabby Giffords, gun violence survivor and former Democratic Representative from Arizona, and Giffords' husband, retired American astronaut Mark Kelly during a campaign event at Winnacunnet High School

Gifford listens to Clinton during the rally  in Hampton, New Hampshire 

She also told her supporters in a fundraising email that Sanders has the 'home field advantage' in the New England state and asked them to pitch in money to help her defeat him.

'We've got a real fight on our hands, and we're all going to need to pitch in to win this nomination,'she said. 'We face an uphill battle in New Hampshire.'

Bill Clinton did his part on Monday in Iowa to pave the way for a possible loss in the first primary state, too.

'They never voted against anybody from next door except when an incumbent president asked them to do something else,' he told reporters during a visit to his wife's campaign headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa. 

'They never voted against anybody from next door except when an incumbent president asked them to do something else,' he told reporters during a visit to his wife's campaign headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa.