Analysis: Clinton finally reaches out to women

This one's for the girls. That was Hillary Rodham Clinton's message Saturday as she ended her presidential bid - a final, full-throated acknowledgment of what her pioneering quest had meant to women.

clipped from news.aol.com It was a moving, genuine and unexpected moment for Clinton, who spent most of her campaign playing down her gender as a way to reassure voters who might have trouble imagining a female commander in chief. "It would break my heart if, in falling short of my goal, I in any way discouraged any of you from pursuing yours," she said. "When you stumble, keep faith. And, when you're knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on."