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Hillary Clinton's Campaign Runs on Coffee and Milkshakes

What's currently fueling the candidate from Michigan to New Hampshire.

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It takes a shit-ton of money to run a presidential campaign, not to mention a whole lot of caffeine and sugar. As Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton travels around the country to bolster support for her White House bid, she's consuming plenty of both.

On Sunday Clinton posed for photo opps at a Dunkin' Donuts in Flint, Mich., where she chatted with supporters, reports The Daily Mail; as press swarmed around, Clinton and her top aide Huma Abedin made a show of agonizing over the menu, debating what to order before deciding on a decidedly virtuous order of a #6 and a #10 combo — an egg white flatbread with coffee and a turkey sausage sandwich with coffee. (The Daily Mail speculates this is all part of Clinton's campaign to become more "relatable." ) Later that evening she spoke at a church about Flint's water crisis, calling it "immoral."

Then today it was on to New Hampshire to campaign ahead of the primary. Last night she popped by local landmark restaurant Puritan Backroom to snag a few to-go milkshakes in assorted flavors. Today she's dining on pancakes and more coffee while getting up close and personal with supporters:

Dunkin' Donuts has already proved to be a big favorite with the Clinton campaign, which dropped several hundred dollars at the chain last year in Iowa. Clinton's team also eats a whole lot of pizza, but one food that will almost certainly not be showing up on the campaign finance reports are the Instagram-famous Donald Trump dumplings. Or Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes, which Clinton has declared a moratorium on due to the high calorie content.