You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.

Category: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 
Clue: Term for the various strands of gut, nylon, or wire stretched over the head of a sidedrum
snares

Category: BEFORE I WAS ELECTED 
Clue: Senator Lincoln Chafee of this New England state spent 7 years as a blacksmith at racetracks in the U.S. & Canada
rhode island

Category: ELECTION DAY 
Clue: In 1944 this victorious running mate sent FDR a telegram reading, "Isolationism is dead"

harry s. truman