HRC: "A Win Is A Win"

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA - Hillary Clinton said she needs a victory in the Keystone State primary to feel she had done well, since Barack Obama had vastly outspent her.

The former first lady is favored to win today's contest, but polls show a wide range of possible victory margins, and it's unclear what affect thousands of newly-registered voters will have on the race. Many political observers believe Clinton must win by double-digits here or face pressure to bow out.

"A win is a win, especially under the circumstances where my opponent has outspent me probably 3-to-1, maybe 4-to-1, in an enormous effort on his part," Clinton told reporters outside a polling place in a suburb of Philadelphia.

She added that she is perhaps "old-fashioned" when it comes to thinking of a win as a win and said that if Obama can't win here, after having such a significant financial advantage, it would show that he's having problems closing the deal with Democrats.

Clinton said fundraising efforts had gone well, even though Obama was outraising her.

"We've done very, very well," she said. "I mean, you have two candidates who have each raised more money than anybody's ever raised in a primary campaign, and we're gonna continue to raise money and, you know, we'll have enough. But, you know, I give him credit. He has a tremendous base of donors."

Clinton blamed Obama for the negative turn the race has taken in recent days, linking, as she has on the stump, the change in the conversation to the Illinois senator's performance in last Wednesday's debate in Philadelphia.

"I think we've run a very positive campaign," she said. "I regret that especially since the debate, Sen. Obama has chosen to go so negative and contrary to what he says in his speeches, his campaign has certainly done that."

She also brought up the search for Osama bin Laden, a figure featured in her closing argument ad called "Kitchen." The spot, which launched yesterday, sought to lay out the many challenges facing the next president, especially on matters of national security.

"I believe that the next president will have to have an effective, strong strategy against terrorism," she said. "We're gonna have to end the war in Iraq and try to win the war in Afghanistan and, you know, all these years after 9/11, we still haven't brought to justice the mastermind of the attack that devastated my city. And I take that personally. I take it really personally, so this is about my leadership, my resolve, what I intend to do as your president."

After the press conference, Clinton visited a nearby restaurant where she ordered a Philly cheesesteak to go.

(NBC/NJ's ATHENA JONES)