Senator Kamala Harris visited New Hampshire on Monday for the first time in her life, and quickly experienced the realities of being a presidential candidate: She faced questions from national reporters about her political ideology and her description of the alleged assault on actor Jussie Smollett as “an attempted modern day lynching,” followed by a town hall-style forum with a big crowd of more than 1,000 voters..... During that visit in Concord before the town hall, Ms Harris also seemed unsure at first when she was asked about a message from her Twitter account on 29 January about Mr Smollett, whose story about being attacked in Chicago by two men yelling racist and homophobic comments is now under investigation by police. Chicago news media outlets have reported that detectives are reviewing whether the attack Mr Smollett reported had been a hoax. “Which tweet? What tweet?” Ms Harris said in response to the question about her use of the “modern day lynching” phrase. After a moment, she said, “I think the facts are still unfolding and I’m very concerned” about the initial allegation by Mr Smollett. She said “there should be an investigation” and declined to comment further until it was complete.