To me this photo is the epitomy of the democratic race for a candidate for the presidency. In this picture Hillary is portryed as a trivial Rosanne type character. Hillary is pledging for no more personal attacks but making the same attacks as she speaks. The fact that the flag behind her dominates the screen tells us that the author thinks that Hillary is really pushing her patriotic value. Also, in comparison to the flag she is small and up-staged by the enormous flag, which iconically holds american ideals. Whereas, in front of it she looks like a petty mudslinger peddling nothing more than incediary remarks. I think that some of this goes on in every election, but it was definitely more of a prevalant mode between Barack and Hillary this primary.