Martin O’Malley stops in Ann Arbor on way to Iowa

While campaigning at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) criticized presidential rival Sen.

Following another week of damaging stories about her email practices, Hillary Clinton came to Iowa with one message for the Republicans investigating her: Get lost.

Touting the college affordability plan she released this week, Clinton attacked Gov. Scott Walker for cutting higher education funding in Wisconsin and Republican contender Jeb Bush for hiking tuition while he was governor of Florida.

And she warned Democrats not to be distracted by the rise of Donald Trump, saying the rest of the field is “just like Trump without the pizzaz and the hair”.

The rock-star reception for Clinton masked growing concern among Democrats about a series of new reports that the FBI is investigating her communications setup, and a spate of polls showing her vulnerability to the insurgent candidacy of independent Vermont Sen. West Des Moines resident Claire Celsi told msnbc while waiting in line to enter the event.

Clinton also ripped the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision that allowed conservative lobbying group Citizens United to produce the attack film “Hillary: The Movie”.

“What this campaign is about is not asking you just to support me for president, it is to engage in a political revolution … to take on the big money interest in this country”, he said. The former Governor said, “A person can become very, very famous in our country overnight, once the people of Iowa make their determination”.

Speaking to reporters before the fundraiser, O’Malley said though the economy was doing better, new policies are still needed to increase economic prosperity for the average American, citing initiatives in his platform like debt-free college and paid family leave. Their lenses were trained on Clinton, who had taken a seat in the crowd.

If O’Malley is to be that candidate of the future, it will be based on his record on issues like criminal justice reform, climate change and social justice, coupled with many traditional Democratic themes. Many of his supporters – who spent the day rooting for him outside the event – happily cheered on his well-rehearsed stump speech. “U, period, S, period”.