Poll: Hillary Clinton's lead over 2016 Republican hopefuls is slipping

Poll: Hillary Clinton's lead over 2016 Republican hopefuls is slipping
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Hillary Clinton's commanding lead over a crop of possible Republican presidential candidates is slipping, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. Her lead over former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, for example, has dropped to 7 percentage points, from 16 in April. She leads Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky 48 percent to 42 percent, down from a 14-point differential in April.

Here's why:

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