In Ellen interview, Hillary corrects herself: 'We already won Michigan' 
During an exchange with talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton mixed up two states whose delegates she desperately needs to regain her once-all-but-certain spot as her party's nominee.
DeGeneres appeared via satellite from her Burbank, Calif., studio at a Clinton fundraising stop in Washington Monday. Clinton has all-but-banked her campaign on winning Ohio and Texas when they hold primaries next week. In an un-edited exchange shown on CNN.com, DeGeneres asked "what needs to happen" for Clinton to stop Obama's momentum after he's racked up victories in 11 straight votes.
"Well we're going to win Ohio and Michigan," Clinton said to cheers from the audience.
"Wait a minute, Ohio and Texas," Clinton said, catching herself. "We already won Michigan."
Clinton's victory in Ohio's northern neighbor, taking 55 percent in an election where she was the only major candidate on the ballot, is essentially meaningless at the moment. The Democratic National Committee stripped the state of all its delegates after Michigan broke party rules and scheduled its primary too early, but Clinton's campaign has been calling for those delegates to be re-seated.
The Michigan-Texas mix-up was edited out of the interview when it aired on Ellen Tuesday. Instead the host featured an exchange where she grilled Clinton on her support for glitter and asked if she believed she was treated different because she is a woman.
This video is from CNN.com, broadcast February 26, 2008.
 
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