When i add a clip to my project it gets blurry

I'm using iMovie to make a "movie" of home videos for my mom for Mother's Day. Whenever I add a clip to my project, it turns out blurry and zoomed in on the project (but not in the library below). This happens when the project is set to widescreen or standard.
Any idea why this is happening? Could this be from the "stabilization" process?
Further info,
The video camera is a digital and new-ish (2008) Sony Handycam. I made a movie on iMovie with video from the same camera last year, and I don't recall having this problem them.

It could possibly be stabilization. You can easily check by selecting the clip in the project. Then open the Clip Inspector and turn off the stabilization.

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No apologies necessary! I think it may be some of the terms you are using that are throwing me off. A couple more questions:
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