STANTON, Iowa (AP) – The impeachment trial that got underway this week is happening at an inopportune time for all four senators in the Democratic primary. But it’s a particularly bad moment for Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar. The three-term senator built her campaign on a strategy of a slow and steady build in Iowa.

Abigail Bessler daughter of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks to supporters during a campaign gathering Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in Stanton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

She spent campaign funds conservatively all year, hoping a late surge would bring a strong showing in Iowa and catapult her to the top tier in New Hampshire and beyond. Now her absence from the campaign trail could blunt the gains from what Klobuchar described Wednesday as “quite a 48 hours.”