Hillary campaign ropes off media

by Mark Hensch - 07/04/15 6:08 PM ET

Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign staff separated journalists from their candidate Saturday using a white rope, multiple reports say.

{mosads}The incident took place during a July Fourth holiday parade in Gorham, N.H., according to CNN.

Clinton initially let media members approach her and ask questions while she walked down the town’s Main Street.

Campaign staff herded them with a rope when the route became more crowded with bystanders.

“[It’s] so maybe a voter could see her, that sort of thing,” a staffer said of the tactic.

The Clinton campaign said the move was so New Hampshire voters could properly see their candidate in the parade, CNN reported.

Several journalists in the Granite State tweeted photos of the bizarre situation:

Clinton advance aides create a rope line for the press, moving with the candidate pic.twitter.com/9S7CpVt7x4

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 4, 2015

Photographers and press kept behind moving rope, away from Clinton pic.twitter.com/RvPeuMLYP8

— Donald R. Winslow (@donaldrwinslow) July 4, 2015

"What's with the line?" 12 year old waiting to catch glimpse of Clinton asks of rope being used to wrangle reporters pic.twitter.com/DelO7VTxMS

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) July 4, 2015

Spectacle of Clinton as candidate – press being pulled along with a rope, Benghazi protester screams "carpetbagger" pic.twitter.com/1aeopWiLjv

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 4, 2015

So many people trying to get close to Hillary her aides are using a rope to keep press at distance pic.twitter.com/PkIl0Pez98

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 4, 2015