"My jaw just dropped -- I think she just basically shattered her hopes of being named as vice president," said New York state Sen. Bill Perkins, one of Obama's top backers in Clinton's home state. "To use the example of an assassination, I think, leads one to believe that she may be talking about something unfortunate happening to Barack Obama. Couple that with the other remarks she made recently about winning the white vote and her husband's statements and I'd say something is seriously amiss."