Hillary Clinton's down, but she's not out.

The New York senator's presidential campaign announced a fundraising coup Thursday, projecting they would rake in $35 million for the month of February, her biggest haul to date.

The figure is a sign her supporters rushed to prop her up after Barack Obama raised $36 million to her comparatively slight $14 million in January. And the money may help her break the 11-contest winning streak Obama has maintained since Super Tuesday, Feb. 5.

The Ohio and Texas primaries March 4 are considered must-win for Clinton inside and outside the campaign. But if polls and fundraising are any gauge, she's still in the fight.

"It was incredibly gratifying to see people really coming forth with their vote of confidence by their contribution to my campaign," Clinton said Thursday, adding that after she lent $5 million to her own campaign, "it just set off a chain reaction across the country."

"Hundreds of thousands of people (are) saying we want this campaign to go on. We support her, we believe in her," she said. "Yes, I think that says a lot."

Clinton was in Ohio Thursday afternoon -- before heading to Texas -- pitching a nearly $6 billion-a-year plan to improve childhood nutrition and reduce by half the 12 million youngsters living in poverty over the next dozen years. Many in the audience at the event in Hanging Rock, Ohio, were choking up or outright crying as they shared their personal plights with Clinton.

Clinton's campaign announced its record fundraising in February came from 300,000 donors, including 200,000 new contributors.

“It’s hard to count her out,” said former Congressman Harold Ford, reiterating that March 4 is still must-win. "Hillary Clinton has shown a resilience here and it's hard to say what will happen."

Asked about those observers writing Clinton's political obituary, Obama said Thursday: "Well I am not ... Remember New Hampshire."

Clinton won the Jan. 8 New Hampshire primary despite polls and predictions that handed the race to Obama. She is beating Obama in polls in Ohio and Rhode Island, though she has fallen behind in Texas and is well back in Vermont.

Even as Obama faces a new volley of criticism from presumptive GOP nominee John McCain, launching him into a virtual general election race, the Illinois senator says he's fighting a competitive primary.

"These races are extraordinarily tight and I want to make sure that we are doing everything we can to win these next two contests," he said.

President Bush, speaking at a press conference Thursday, warned Obama not to get caught up in his tussle with McCain.

"I believe Senator Obama better stay focused on his campaign with Senator Clinton, neither of whom has secured their party's nomination yet," Bush said. "And my party hasn't been decided yet, either. And so there will be ample time to discuss whoever their candidate -- the positions of whoever their candidate is."

Clinton has recently accused the media of going too easy on Obama, while Obama himself seems to be keeping a lower media profile. Political historian Allan Lichtman told FOX News that media tactic will have to change soon.

"If he does well on March 4 and becomes the presumptive nominee, he has got to come out of the shell and be accessible to the media," Lichtman said, warning that the supposed cushy treatment could turn on him.

But conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham said Clinton was hurt this week by her seeming complaint during Tuesday night's Democratic presidential primary debate that she is the only one candidate fielding tough questions from the media.

"She got the first question again today so she's in hiding for the time being," Ingraham said Thursday, riffing on the joke Clinton made that appeared to fall flat with the audience.

Obama said he does not know how much he raised in February, but spokesman Bill Burton claimed they'd beat Clinton's total. Obama also continues to outspend Clinton in Ohio and Texas. As of Tuesday, Obama had spent a total of $7.5 million in advertising in the two states. Clinton had spent $4.6 million.

Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said Clinton will have a very tough time toppling Obama at this point, since Democratic contests award delegates proportionally, and polls show the two close in the March 4 states. That means a tight victory for Clinton would only give her a few more delegates, not enough to close the existing gap.

The latest Associated Press delegate tallies show Obama with 1,375 and Clinton with 1,277. It takes 2,025 delegates to win.

"You never say anything's impossible, but look at the facts of the matter," Sabato said. "Without those big wins, it becomes virtually impossible for her to stop Obama."

Obama said Thursday that if he can come out of the March 4 contests holding a delegate lead between 100 and 150, then "I continue to believe that we'll go to the convention with the most earned delegates and I believe we should be the nominee."

General Election Focus Continues

With Obama looking increasingly confident about his chances, McCain has repeatedly targeted the Democratic front-runner on the stump.

Obama on Thursday blamed the economic policies espoused by President Bush and McCain for leading the country to the "brink of a recession."

The two also sparred long-distance over remarks Obama made at Tuesday night's debate that he would consider taking action if Al Qaeda took roots in Iraq after the withdrawal of U.S. forces. McCain suggested Obama was being naive and didn't even realize Al Qaeda was already in Iraq -- a charge Obama denied.

McCain revisited the charge Thursday, saying the contingency of returning to Iraq after withdrawing would come with "an incredible factor of increased costs in American blood and treasure."

McCain also responded to a report on the Canadian television network CTV that cited anonymous sources saying a senior Obama adviser called Canadian ambassador Michael Wilson recently to warn him that Obama would criticize NAFTA , but that it was just campaign rhetoric he doesn't believe.

The Canadian embassy and Obama's camp denied the report, but McCain still chimed in, saying, "I'm a total supporter of NAFTA ... I don't think it's appropriate to go to Ohio and tell people one thing while your aide is calling the Canadian ambassador and telling him something else. I certainly don't think that is straight talk."

Ingraham said the general election-style hits are only grazing Obama, who seems to be coasting to the nomination.

Barack Obama "is the global candidate," Ingraham said. "Everyone in Europe wants him to be president, everyone in the Middle East wants him to be president, and all these Democrats are fired up, all the young people in Texas and Ohio. And unless something really bizarre happens, it looks like he'll be the nominee."

FOX News' Mosheh Oinounou, Aaron Bruns and Bonney Kapp and The Associated Press contributed to this report.