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Clinton struggles to get through subway entrance

Hillary Clinton is just your average person — she can’t get those flimsy New York subway cards to work.

The former secretary of state was campaigning in New York City on Thursday when she rode the subway, but things did not go as smoothly as she probably hoped: It took her five tries to get the card to register.

Clinton, however, was undeterred, and she eventually made it through the entrance.

A New York senator from 2001 to 2009, Clinton mentioned that the shift from tokens to cards to board the subway occurred during her first term in office, according to a reporter riding with her on Thursday.

Her opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — who grew up in Brooklyn — wasn't aware until recently that the city had shifted to MetroCard.

In an interview Friday with New York Daily News, Sanders was asked how you ride the subway.

"What do you mean, 'How do you ride the subway?'" Sanders responded.

"How do you get on the subway today?" the questioner said.

"You get a token and you get in," Sanders said.

"Wrong," the questioner shot back.

"You jump over the turnstile," Sanders said, presumably joking.

Tokens were discontinued in 2003.