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    MIAMI (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton covered all her    bases in Miami on Thursday: She padded her wallet with a paid    speech, pitched her memoir with a book signing and fundraised    for a Democrat in a critical presidential state.  
    This is becoming a familiar formula for Clinton. In October    alone Clinton has four trips planned -- to Miami, Chicago, Las    Vegas and San Francisco -- where she will combine a paid speech    with either a book event or a fundraiser for a Democratic    candidate or group.  
    The strategy is part logistical, part practical for Clinton.    But as she considers a presidential run in 2016, it is also    calculated. Campaigning for Democrats in 2014 allows her to    curry favor with her party ahead of 2016, while selling her    book and speaking to paid gigs lets her raise her profile (not    that it is needed) and toy with talking points in front of    supportive audiences.  
    Clinton ended her day Thursday in Florida at the sprawling    Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables at a fundraiser for Charlie    Crist, Florida's    Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democratic candidate for    governor.  
    The event was closed to the press, but according to multiple    sources in the room, Clinton both touted Crist as the right    choice for governor and spoke about bigger picture issues like    the a woman's right to choose, growing the middle class and the    importance of the space program to Florida.  
    The audience responded well to Clinton's fundraising calls,    according to those in the room, and a Crist campaign spokesman    told CNN that the event raised roughly $1 million for the    Democrat's effort. The most expensive table at the event cost    $50,000.  
    Clinton also said, according to one source, that she believed    in "redemption and second chances," a remark that was seen as    an acknowledgment of Crist's past as a Republican who called on    Bill Clinton to resign the presidency during the Monica    Lewinsky scandal.  
    The former Secretary of State     started her day, however, at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel, a    white washed, swanky establishment were the Clinton was paid to    appear before 1,200 people at the Commercial Real Estate Women    Network Convention.  
    The event was announced in May, long before her appearance with    Crist was announced last month.  
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Anatomy of a Hillary Clinton trip: Stump, sell books, get paid