Which candidates play the 'victim' and how does it work for them (or not)?

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7. She is subtle and she sets up attacks to take advantage of it.

First she invites attacks. Since she is inviting attacks she sets up the predicates to deflect and take advantage of them. Both Sanders and Warren know her very well so they have avoided it. But if you remember the Kavanaugh hearings you can see it quite clearly. She set up the predicate of a daughter of an alcoholic and then was able to when the attack came play it simply.

She also uses it as part of multi-pronged attacks. A good example is the "a woman mayor" attack on Buttigieg. It was an attack on his experience, but it did use gender to make it less explicit. His "gay guy" was then seen as a plea for shared victimhood,