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Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. Hillary Clinton's campaign launch was long-awaited. It also involved a long wait - hours - for reporters staked out in front of her campaign headquarters. Clinton is attempting to reset her sometimes testy relationship to the political press, which may explain why two top aides, her campaign manager and spokesman, carried out pizzas to make nice with the media horde, who probably just wished they had delivered the news faster. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.