Hillary Clinton Accuses Barack Obama Of Inflaming

Hillary Clinton blames the Barack Obama campaign of using her RFK controversial reference to suggest she meant something unthinkable.

Sen. Hillary Clinton campaign has accused the rival Obama campaign of distorting the situation and purposely taking her words out of context. However, the Obama campaign said it was not trying to stir the matter.

In an editorial in the New York Daily News, the Democratic presidential hopeful also acknowledged her falling chances of winning the nomination, saying she is aware of the odds against her. However, she said many of her supporters have urged her to remain in the Democratic presidential race.

The editorial began with an explanation of her reference to the assassination when she was speaking to the Argus Leader newspaper in South Dakota. She said she was pointing out that presidential primary campaigns have continued into June.

"Almost immediately, some took my comments entirely out of context and interpreted them to mean something completely different," she said.

Clinton said the newspaper's editor and Bobby Kennedy Jr. issued statements arguing that was the meaning of her remark. No other member of the Kennedy family has issued a public statement on the matter.

"I realize that any reference to that traumatic moment for our nation can be deeply painful -- particularly for members of the Kennedy family," she said.

After Clinton's initial remarks to the newspaper were reported, the Obama campaign issued a statement saying the comment "was unfortunate and has no place in this campaign."

However, Obama himself later said, "I don't think that Senator Clinton intended anything by it," and that "we should put it behind us."