COLUMBIA, S.C. - Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton either doesn't have enough experience or has too much experience, depending on which of her presidential rivals is talking.
Republican former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in the 'not enough experience' camp, saying Friday at a stop in Columbia that the New York senator has never run a local or state government and "had the responsibility for the safety and security of the people on your shoulders."
On the other end is Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. The Democrat is quick to tell crowds Clinton has the wrong kind of experience - being too close to lobbyists and too willing to compromise key issues.
Clinton chuckles at the competing thoughts. "I don't know what they're talking about. But I can't run anyone else's campaign. I can only run my campaign. And my campaign is about a positive agenda for America's future," she said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press after visiting an after-school program in Columbia.
"I'm going to keep talking about what Americans talk to me about," including health care, better jobs and education, Clinton said. The New York senator said she also knows how important faith is to many South Carolina voters.
"We have a very active faith outreach program. We're doing a lot in the faith community - as we are in every community," Clinton said. "I'm trying to run a very inclusive campaign."
Obama has been making frequent stops at churches in this key early primary state as part of his "40 Days of Faith & Family" program.
Clinton said faith extends away from the pulpit too, discussing work she has done like taking cases for the Children's Defense Fund after law school.
"A lot of what I've done to try to improve the lives of my fellow human beings - particularly children - is rooted in my faith," Clinton said.
Clinton was in the Columbia area to speak Friday evening at a banquet honoring a program to increase voter registration in the state.
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