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If Hillary Clinton decides a few months from now that she does, indeed, want another shot at the White House, her speech to 6,000 Democrats at the annual Harkin Steak Fry Sunday will be revisited as the unofficial kickoff to her 2016 campaign.

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Whether it was a successful kickoff will be determined by how the Democratic field shapes up - and just how big a challenge the former first lady and secretary of state will face in the state that forever changed the course of her 2008 campaign.

At the final of 37 steak fry fundraisers held by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who is retiring, Clinton checked many of the potential-presidential-candidate boxes as she took the stage and announced, "I'm baaaaack!"

She had a nod to the grandchild watch underway for daughter Chelsea, who is expecting a baby, a coy answer on whether she is running in 2016 ("I'm here for the steak," Clinton said), and effusive praise for both Harkin and the handful of statewide and national Democratic candidates gathered at the event.

"If you were a candidate trying to reenter the state where you had had such a bumpy ride last time there's no better way to do it than this," CBS News Political Director John Dickerson said after her speech. "She comes to pay tribute to an icon of the Democratic Party, to cherish its ideals in a public way, while maintaining the patina of not running."

The X factor is just how steep a challenge Clinton will face if she runs again.

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