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National campaign
This is the real difference that Clinton has stated from the beginning: she is running a national campaign.
Obama has won the two states he campaigned in the longest. One was next to his home state (Iowa) and the other has a heavy black population (South Carolina).
This might have worked if he did live in JFK's time and the news cycle was very slow. But Hillary's name recognition will trump any traction Obama makes with this accelerated schedule.
Whenever Obama loses, the delegate count matters, not the percentage vote. Whenever he wins, the percentage vote matters. Obama is a quick study and plays "old" politics pretty comfortably.