Clinton Receives Farm Workers Endorsement

From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

SALINAS, CALIF. -- Hillary Clinton's west coast trip brought her the national United Farm Workers' Union endorsement, representing 27,000 members, most of which are Hispanic. Mrs. Clinton took the stage to large a large applause and chants of "Si se puede, Si se puede!" or "Yes we can! Yes we can!"

Clinton, who doesn't speak Spanish botched her chance at joining the crowd in the chant by saying, "Si se PUEDA is right. That's right, yes we can!." The problem is the correct way of saying the line is "Si se puede" pronounced PWAY-day, not PWAY-dah.


The crowd of around 2,500 cheered as Clinton delivered a watered-down version of her stump speech that focused more on bread and butter issues like health care, labor unions and education.

Clinton drew thunderous applause when a member of the Farmer's Union pleaded with Clinton not to "forget us." Clinton promised she would never forget the workers of California.

Clinton's west coast swing comes just days before the South Carolina primary, where Barack Obama is leading in the polls. But with the strategy now focused on the delegate count, Clinton will spend less time in smaller states like South Carolina and instead campaign heavily in delegate-rich states like California, New York and New Jersey.