Question about smart collections

I know how to create a smart collection by, first, sorting media by "type." But... how do I simply create a "new" smart collection, and then just "drag" what clips I want into said collection?
Yes... I was able to make a new smart collection, but I can't figure out how to simply drag-and-drop the clips I want into the smart collection. I sense it is something simple, but I can't grasp it as of yet.

You can't. A smart collection is, by definition, based on the criteria for the collection. Dragging a clip into that collection cannot give the clip the criteria for the collection. For instance, if you had a smart collection for audio clips, you could not drag a video file into in and miraculously make it an audio file.
What you want is keyword collections.

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    Please tell us EXACTLY the steps you are using to move your PSE catalog to Lightroom.
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    Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:27:45 -0700
    From: [email protected]
    To: [email protected]
    Subject: question: about accessing Nik collection through Lightroom
        Re: question: about accessing Nik collection through Lightroom
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