Obama is the first black candidate for the Presidency from a major political party. Don't forget, Obama was the first candidate in history to receive Secret Service protection during the early primaries (other than the former first lady) due to perceived threats against him.
This was a serious "gaffe" by Mrs. Clinton. With one sentence she paints herself as the Manchurian candidate and insults the Kennedy's on a most personal level.
She may be able to spin it, but she'll not erase it.
Even if the MSM doesn't heavily cover it, the voters won't forget a statement like this. I think she's done.
That would be fine with me! I think this is a perfect example of what happens when she goes off her script. She has a tin ear--no sense of how what she says sounds to her audience. Any time she doesn't keep to her carefully prepared, rigidly rehearsed script, she says something that sounds fine to her but causes her handlers to cringe.
So the Republican party isn't a "major political party"? Now that you mention it, that might explain a few things...