what is this beetle/has claws.

[hibiscusmile]

I get a lot of these beetles in my house. My Abby would try to get them and she would spit them out and try again

and shake her head (I assumed they were pinching her tounge) and spit them out again.

 

[HungryGhost]

Looks like a ground beetle

http://bugguide.net/node/view/24622