Story highlights Hillary Clinton is making overtures to Bernie Sanders supporters in New Hampshire

The former secretary of state is losing handily to the senator from neighboring Vermont

Clinton is especially interested in answering questions from young people, many of whom back Sanders

Henniker, New Hampshire (CNN) Hillary Clinton is shedding some of the caution that has been a trademark over three decades in public life as she urgently tries to surpass rival Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire.

In the closing days before the Granite State primary vote on Tuesday, Clinton took on directly her perceived stiffness at an event here in Henniker on Saturday, responding to a woman who asked why she seems more "rehearsed" the Sanders.

Acknowledging that she has heard this critique before, Clinton said a friend had showed her a blog post about how Sanders supporters love his trademark fly-away hair.

"Boy, that wouldn't really work for any woman we know," she remarked.

"The fact is I do have a somewhat narrower path that I try to walk and I do think sometimes it comes across as a little more restrained, a little more careful, and I am sure that is true," Clinton said. "I am who I am, I can't do some sort of personality transformation."

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