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When Hillary Rodham Clinton finished third in Iowa during the 2008 presidential race, voters' post-game analysis couldnt have been clearer. She didnt spend enough time in the Hawkeye State. She didnt bond with Iowans. She was the imperial candidate.

Returning to Iowa for the first time Sunday after that excruciating loss, Clinton seemed to have taken those lessons to heart.

After her speech at retiring Sen. Tom Harkin's annual steak fry, Clinton patiently worked the rope line for more than half an hour warmly shaking hands, signing copies of her book and chatting with voters about her soon-to-arrive grandchild.

God bless you, she said repeatedly as voters strained to shake her hand.

She was as circumspect as always about her 2016 plans, but gamely fielded pleas to run.

Youre going to be a great grandma and great president, one fan told her.

Were so ready, a young woman told her moments later.

Thank you very much! Clinton replied brightly, as her interactions with voters were captured by a CSPAN boom microphone towering over the crowd.

Surrounded by Secret Service agents and aides, Clinton worked the rope line Sunday side by side with husband Bill Clinton, who wore a red-and-white gingham shirt that she gave him. Not surprisingly, the former first lady moved more briskly down the line than her garrulous husband, who at one point engaged in a lengthy discussion with a voter about his efforts to foster peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.

The former secretary of State greeted old friends and volunteers from her husbands campaigns and her own.

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From imperial to accessible, Hillary Clinton works the rope line