Hinchliffe's Puerto Rico joke spawned the initial news cycle (and within 24 hours, a new digital ad from Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign).
Related storiesThe Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
That leaves it to each campaign to try to generate their own moments, like when Trump did a photo-op at McDonald's.
In both cases, they were upstaged by secondary moments that their opponents successfully latched onto, with Hinchcliffe drowning out Trump's rally and Biden spoiling Harris' rally.
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