An attempt at potty training

So, I decided today that I would start potty training Audrey. Well, so, it started off really well. I put her swimming suit bottoms on (because I don't have any panties for her to wear right now) and I told her not to go potty when wearing the swimming suit. She did really well the first hour. I took her up to the bathroom about every ten to 15 minutes to try to go potty and she finally did the last time we went up. I was so EXCITED!!!! So, I was just way excited for her and telling her what an awesome job she did going pee in the big girl potty and she was so excited about it for the first minute and than was done being excited about it. So I gave her a piece of chocolate for doing such an awesome job going potty. I think I discovered that too much praise is not a good thing for Audrey. So, then about another hour later, I decided that I would put her diaper back on because well, it was nap time. But I took her up to the bathroom again to have her try and go potty before her nap time but she would not have it. It was like she was scared to go to the bathroom again. So, I decided that I would put her back in her swimming suit after her nap time. Well, I did and I again, kept asking her every ten minutes if she needed to go potty and this time around she was more willing to go to the bathroom she didn't seem as scared as she was before her nap. So, we would go sit on the potty until she needed to go again. Well, we did that again, she sat on the potty but didn't go, so than we went to go play and I asked her again maybe like a couple of minutes after she couldn't go if she needed to go potty and she said no. Well, before I know it she is peeing in her pants. I then hurry and grab her and take her to the bathroom and I think me doing that totally turned her off from wanting to go potty. She really was scared to go potty after that and she keeps telling me that she doesn't like to go potty. She would much rather wear her diaper and is more willing now to sit down and let me change her diaper. She would do anything just so she doesn't have to go potty in the big girl potty. Man, I am telling you, this whole potty training things sucks. You try one thing and that does not work, then you try another thing and that does not work. I did learn a couple of things though. Number one being that, I cannot praise Audrey too much on anything or it will scare her off. It really will. So at least I know how I need to react around her. Number two, I learned that right now she really doesn't know what "going potty" means. She doesn't understand right now that you do actually go pee and poop in the potty and not your diaper. She doesn't know the difference between pee and poop yet. Well, she probably does now, but she didn't. I knew she just wasn't ready for this yet. I don't know why I don't listen to my instincts more often. So, now I am discouraged. I don't know what to do. I don't know if I should just stop and try again in a month or so, or just keep going at it. The problem is, I don't want her to hate going potty. I want her to like it and if I keep making her do it, than she won't ever want to learn. I worry that I already scarred her from wanting to go potty. She has always been the type where she likes to do things on her own time. Really though, that is how she has been with everything....since the day she was born. We just can't force her to do something if she is not ready because she won't do it. She is very independent and wants to do things on her own. I think now just might not be a good time to potty train her. I am thinking she is not ready for it yet. What do you all think?