Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Saturday that Democrats will have a hard time running against the "legendary record" of Republican John McCain, and that she, not Barack Obama, is best positioned to beat the likely GOP nominee.

"If our nominee is running against someone with the legendary background of John McCain — Democrats need to think about this," Clinton said. "Because we're picking a nominee we expect to win. We cannot take four more years of more of the same."

"When I think about running against Senator McCain, if I'm so fortunate to be the Democratic nominee — you'll never have to worry about being knocked out of the ring. I think I can go toe to toe with John McCain every single day," Clinton said to cheers.

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