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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The candidate is on an outdoor stage, her shoulders bobbing and weaving as two reggaeton performers dance around her. Welcome to Hillary Rodham Clinton's most excellent adventure.


Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in Caguas, Puerto Rico, on Saturday

She has just given a mercifully short 10-minute speech and would soon wade into the rope line, all smiles, signing T-shirts, taking pictures and otherwise mugging with a crowd that had waited more than four hours to see her.

Party leaders are demanding a quick end to the Democratic contest. Yet her legions of loyal backers have no qualms about pressing on. With the end of the primaries able to be counted by the clock â€" 72 hours away â€" Clinton appears unflappably amused.