Story highlights "I know what it is like to run from behind in New Hampshire and I know what it is like to come from behind and win in New Hampshire," Clinton said

The comment was the 2016 candidate's bluntest assessment of the fact she is looking up at Sanders in the Granite State

(CNN) Hillary Clinton bluntly acknowledged Friday that she is trailing Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire, telling an audience at a women's health dinner in Concord that she's been here before and knows what it takes to come back.

"I know what it is like to run from behind in New Hampshire and I know what it is like to come from behind and win in New Hampshire," Clinton said, raising her voice at the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws' Pro-Choice Roe v. Wade Dinner. "So let's go make that happen and win on February 9."

The comment was the 2016 candidate's starkest assessment of the fact she is looking up at Sanders in the Granite State and a nod to the fact she lost Iowa in 2008 but won the New Hampshire primary a week later.

A series of polls have shown the race in the New Hampshire primary favoring Sanders, the Vermont senator who has made a concerted effort to solidify his base in the state by spending over a month campaigning. A CNN/WMUR poll released Tuesday found Sanders trouncing Clinton in the state, 60% to 33%.

Sanders has responded to his promising polls by arguing that the "inevitable candidate ain't so inevitable today."

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