There's an interesting story in the subtext, about the AP reporter who was apparently blocked by Clinton's handlers from getting close enough to hear. That happened to me when I tried to get a comment on a late-breaking poll from Iowa from candidate Mike Huckabee at the St. Petersburg CNN GOP debate. i was so pissed off I knocked the handler down and got booted from the spin room. But lartely I see Bill O'Reilly and another reporter somewhere in similar circumstances. I can't recall these issues getting reported in earlier campaigns, and I'm wondering if these handlers are getting more aggressive on their own, on instructions from the candidates, or whether - God forbid - reporters are becoming more aggressive about asking questions. I thought the "scrum" usage was really apropriate terminology for what's been going on. Reporters may be realizing that a handler has no more right than anyone else to block your access to a candidate. A Secret Service agent does, however, and only a law enforcement officer on duty does.
Handlers deserve out courtesy, and some like Marvin Nicholson for Barack are paragons of courtesy, but a few are too dim for the job.