It was a far cry from the presidential approach of her rivals, who addressed crowds of tub-thumping supporters.
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale held court with a handful of wide-eyed activists on an Edinburgh street corner to springboard her party’s final day of campaigning.
But the scene was hardly the milk crate and megaphone rallying call of traditional Labour.
This was leafy Bruntsfield, which sits at the heart of arguably Labour’s most winnable constituency seat, Edinburgh Southern.
She was back to the area where she started her Holyrood campaign, those six long weeks ago.
Her supporters will hope this is not symbolic of their party going around in circles. On occasion, it has felt like it.
The Scottish Labour camp has embarked on a campaign of anti-austerity attrition with the Scottish public, hitting them repeatedly with the same tax-and-spend mantra of “stop the cuts”.
While the sentiment will chime with many, it is a risky strategy to propose across-the-board tax rises with an election.
Most tellingly, a poll indicated widespread support for the increases – until people were told it was a Labour policy.
Then there is the muddle of Labour’s position on the constitution, in which Ms Dugdale has backtracked on her suggestion it is “not inconceivable” she could support independence to protect the UK’s membership of the EU.
Yesterday she said she will “always believe” Scotland’s best place is in the UK.
That is not to say the campaign has been in perpetual disarray.
Party activists feel like the good guys again, espousing unashamedly left-wing Labour policies, with combating Conservative and SNP austerity at their heart.
It marks a step change from the pandering to the centre ground under Jim Murphy.
While the Blairite, former East Renfrewshire MP was forced to jump on his sword after the cataclysmic result of the general election, it seems unlikely there will be a clamour for Ms Dugdale to suffer a similar fate.
One activist said the former Lothians MSP was a “slow burner” and regardless of the election result is the one to lead the long-term project to turn around the party’s fortunes.
What would be an unmitigated disaster is finishing behind the Scottish Conservatives – unthinkable a few months ago but now a very real prospect.
Yesterday in Bruntsfield, Ms Dugdale surprised the media pack by saying the anti-Semitism crisis within the UK Labour party has “unquestionably” affected their Holyrood campaign.
She may well be getting her excuses in early.
