Clinton gets sorely needed win over rival Obama

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AFP) - Hillary Clinton escaped with a much-needed win Tuesday in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential nominating contest, beating Barack Obama and righting her listing campaign.

Defying public opinion polls that anointed Obama a double-digit favorite, and overcoming a third-place defeat in the Iowa caucus last week, Clinton won the state primary that saved her husband's own presidential campaign in 1992.

"Now together let's give America the kind of comeback that New Hampshire has just given me," the jubilant New York senator told supporters. "We are in it for the long run."