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Some in Ms Harris' circle have privately suggested the recent wave of negative briefings have been a "petty" attempt to distract attention away from Mr Biden.

On top of being advised to ignore the "palace intrigue" and stay "focused" on the job at hand, her supporters are also starting to more publically call out attacks in a bid to stop her political career being tainted in the same way as Mrs Clintons.

"When you have these articles come out, it puts a lot of us in a defensive posture, because we see that a lot of people are treating Kamala Harris the same way they treated Hillary Clinton, which is attempting to end her political career in a death by a million cuts," Bakari Sellers, a former Democratic congressman who backed Ms Harris' 2020 presidential bid, told CNN.

"This is something women running for office face - these gendered attacks, because they are ascending to roles that have traditionally been held by men, defined by men," Karen Finney, a former senior aide to Mrs Clinton and who is close to the vice president, told the Telegraph.

Ms Finney gave the example of Ms Harris - the first woman, first black and Asian vice president - using her platform to address the "very real crisis of black maternal mortality".

"Some in Washington won't look at those things and recognise how important that actually is in saving lives," she said, drawing a comparison with the White House press corps' response to Mrs Clinton's initiatives as First Lady.

Tracy Sefl, a former adviser to Mrs Clinton's campaign, said she believed some of the scrutiny around Ms Harris stemmed from being a "trailblazer".

"There is so much intrigue around well, could she do more? Forgetting how much she has done and is doing and that's a function of being the second person, if you will," she said.

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Kamala Harris must hit the road to win hearts and avoid same fate as Hillary Clinton - Telegraph.co.uk