Hilary Clinton gave up for the moment the gender card saying on Friday about her presidential rivals that they “aren’t piling on because I’m a woman. I think they’re piling on because I’m winning.”

In her swing through New Hampshire, front-runner Clinton said that she wasn’t hampered by those critics saying about her that she is too evasive and inconsistent on different issues like Social Security and driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants.

According to Daily News she said: “I anticipate it’s going to get even hotter, and if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen - and I’m very much at home in the kitchen.”

Clinton said that she is going to say what she believes although not every time is as artfully as it should be.

On Tuesday night in a televised debate in Philadelphia, her rivals attacked her many times on several accounts.

On the next morning, her campaign produced a video called “The Politics of Pile On” that showed Clinton’s opponents repeatedly saying her name.

Clinton said on Thursday at Wellesley College that the women’s schools prepared her “to compete in the all boys’ club of presidential politics.”

This only triggered more critics from her rivals.

Sen. Barack Obama said on the “Today” show yesterday morning that he hopes that Clinton wants to be treated equally. When he was under pressure he didn’t say “Look, I’m being hit on because I look different from the rest of the folks on the stage.”

He also wanted to emphasize the fact that according to her sayings Clinton had years of experience with Republican attacks and knows how to put up with them.

He said: “So it doesn’t make sense for her, after having run that way for eight months, the first time that people start challenging her point of view, that suddenly she backs off and says, ‘Don’t pick on me,’” media sources reports.

One opponent Chris Dodd said yesterday to the Globe editors that if she can’t stand the criticism than maybe she shouldn’t be in the race. He said: “If you’re going to be president, get ready.”

Clinton took press questions yesterday in New Hampshire only for 20 minutes. This triggered criticism from the media who is used to have more access to presidential candidates.